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Country
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Lesotho | 
Czech Republic |
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Leader
|
Head of state: King Letsie III
|
President: Vaclav Klaus
|
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Population
|
1,930,493
| 10,177,300
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
51.860 years
| 77.380 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Maseru
| Prague
|
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Largest city
|
| Maseru (population: 118,355) | Praha (population: 1,165,580) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.496
| 0.897
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,000 US
| $27,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
84.8%
| 99%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
3.2
| 5.2
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
25.8%
| 16%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Petr Kellner ($6.0bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
45.000%
| 8.500%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished
|
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Political System
|
parliamentary constitutional monarchy
| parliamentary democracy
|
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Independence date
|
4 October 1966 (from UK)
| 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
|
| Religions |
Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%
| Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
|
| Languages |
Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa
| Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)
|
| Exports |
manufactures 75% (clothing, footwear, road vehicles), wool and mohair, food and live animals (2000)
| machinery and transport equipment 52%, raw materials and fuel 9%, chemicals 5% (2003)
|
| External Debt |
$729,900,000 $
| $101,600,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
maloti (LSL) per US dollar - 7.75 (2008 est.), 7.25 (2007), 6.85 (2006), 6.3593 (2005), 6.4597 (2004)
| koruny (CZK) per US dollar - 17.037 (2008 est.), 20.53 (2007), 22.596 (2006), 23.957 (2005), 25.7 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
2.600%
| 1.150%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 6
|
| Location |
Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa
| Central Europe, southeast of Germany
|
| Area |
30,355 km sq
| 78,867 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers
| temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
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