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Capital city Monrovia Washington, DC
Corruption 7.2 (20)
Elections > Head of state Direct election Indirect election/election by electoral college
Flag modification 26 4
Ranked 41st. 6 times more than United States Ranked 167th.
General government final consumption expenditure > current LCU 2629848000 1844600000000
General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ 47,897,420 $ 1,844,600,000,000 $
Ranked 155th in 2004. Ranked 1st in 2004. 38510 times more than Liberia
General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ (per capita) 14.8 $ per capita 6,281.5 $ per capita
Ranked 158th in 2004. Ranked 14th in 2004. 424 times more than Liberia
General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ (per $ GDP) 0.1 $ per $1 of GDP 0.2 $ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 143rd in 2004. Ranked 77th in 2004. 65% more than Liberia
Independence Day > Date July 26 July 4
National anthem > lyrics or music Daniel Bashiel WARNER/Olmstead LUCA Francis Scott KEY/John Stafford SMITH
National anthem > name "All Hail, Liberia Hail!" "The Star-Spangled Banner"
National anthem > note lyrics adopted 1847, music adopted 1860; the anthem's author would become the third president of Liberia adopted 1931; during the War of 1812, after witnessing the successful American defense of Fort McHenry in Baltimore following British naval bombardment, Francis Scott KEY wrote the lyrics to what would become the national anthem; the lyrics were set to the tune of "The Anacreontic Song;" only the first verse is sung
National holiday Independence Day, 26 July Independence Day, 4 July (1776)
Status pseudo-democracy federal democracy
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International although civil unrest continues to abate with the assistance of 18,000 UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) peacekeepers, as of January 2007, Liberian refugees still remain in Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, and Ghana; Liberia, in turn, shelters refugees fleeing turmoil in Cote d'Ivoire; despite the presence of over 9,000 UN forces (UNOCI) in Cote d'Ivoire since 2004, ethnic conflict continues to spread into neighboring states who can no longer send their migrant workers to Ivorian cocoa plantations; UN sanctions ban Liberia from exporting diamonds and timber the U.S. has intensified domestic security measures and is collaborating closely with its neighbors, Canada and Mexico, to monitor and control legal and illegal personnel, transport, and commodities across the international borders; abundant rainfall in recent years along much of the Mexico-US border region has ameliorated periodically strained water-sharing arrangements; 1990 Maritime Boundary Agreement in the Bering Sea still awaits Russian Duma ratification; managed maritime boundary disputes with Canada at Dixon Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and around the disputed Machias Seal Island and North Rock; The Bahamas and US have not been able to agree on a maritime boundary; US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased from Cuba and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease; Haiti claims US-administered Navassa Island; US has made no territorial claim in Antarctica (but has reserved the right to do so) and does not recognize the claims of any other states; Marshall Islands claims Wake Island; Tokelau included American Samoa's Swains Island among the islands listed in its 2006 draft constitution
Trademarks, nonresidents 305 18,622
Ranked 89th in 1993. Ranked 6th in 1993. 60 times more than Liberia
Trademarks, nonresidents (per capita) 0.1 per 1,000 people 0.1 per 1,000 people
Ranked 64th in 1993. 107% more than United States Ranked 77th in 1993.
Trademarks, residents 65 131,797
Ranked 82nd in 1993. Ranked 2nd in 1993. 2027 times more than Liberia
United Nations mission http://www.liberiaemb.org/index.html http://www.state.gov
http://www.un.int/usa/
UN membership date 2 Nov. 1945 24 Oct. 1945

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