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Iceland
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Present
Electoral System
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President:
Simple Majority
Other:
List PR
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Electoral
System Type
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Semi
PR, Proportional Representation
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Population
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.28
Million
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Age
Structure
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0-14
23%
15-64
65.1%
65
Over 11.9%
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Average
Education Level
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8
years (1990)
Literate
population aged 15 or over virtually 100%
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Territories
(Location, Total Area)
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Northern
Europe
Total:
103,000 sq km
Land:
100,250 sq km
Water:
2750 sq km
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Urban/Rural
(Ratio)
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92.2:7.8
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Ethnic
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Homogeneous
mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign
origin 6%
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Geographical
Variation
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23
Counties, 14 independent towns
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System
of Govt.
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Constitutional
Republic
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Power
of Govt.
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Executive,
Legislative, judicial
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Political
Party
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Independence
Party or IP; Left-Green Alliance or LGP; Liberal Party or LP;
Progressive Party or PP; Social Democratic Alliance (includes
People's Alliance or PA, Social Democratic Party or SDP, Women's
List)or SDA; Social Democratic Party or SDP; Women's List or WL
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Admin.
of Govt.
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Prime
Minister
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Colonialism
History
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Norwegian
and Celtic (Scottish and Irish)
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Royal
Commission
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N/A
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Candidate
Number
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President-
Mainly Ceremonial Elected to 4 year terms, unopposed in 2000
Prime
Minister: Appointed by President
Parliament:
elected every 4 years
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Economic
Structure
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Capitalistic
welfare system
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Cost
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Security
Issue
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NATO
membership vs. Nuetrality
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Telecom.
Type
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http://www.siminn.is/control/index?pid=6736
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IT
Dev. Level
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Developed
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Law/
Regulation
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http://government.is/interpro/stjr/stjr.nsf/pages/icelandic_constitution.html
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