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Capital city	Bridgetown
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Constitutional monarchy > current constitutional monarchies > Last constitution established	1966
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Diplomatic representation in the US > Consulate(s) general	Miami, New York
DEFINITION: This entry includes the chief of mission, chancery, telephone, FAX, consulate general locations, and consulate locations.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Constitutional monarchy
embassies and high commissions in Ottawa > Address	130 Albert St, Suite 1204
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
General government final consumption expenditure > annual % growth	-36.25 %		[143rd of 147]
DEFINITION: Annual percentage growth of general government final consumption expenditure based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2000 U.S. dollars. General government final consumption expenditure (general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of embassies and high commissions in Ottawa
General government final consumption expenditure > constant 2000 US$	413,221,300 constant 2000 US$		[103rd of 145]
DEFINITION: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in constant 2000 U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
General government final consumption expenditure > constant LCU	190386500
DEFINITION: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in constant local currency.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
General government final consumption expenditure > current US$	584,696,400 $		[116th of 169]
DEFINITION: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Heads of Missions from the United Kingdom	Duncan Taylor
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Legal systems > Common law base based on English common law
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Heads of Missions from the United Kingdom
Parliamentary seats > Female	11%		[57th of 143]
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Legal systems of the world
political parties > Two party	•
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %	13.3 %		[92nd of 174]
DEFINITION: Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber occupied by women.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of political parties
Status democracy
DEFINITION: Democracy: state in which democratic structures provide for an alternance of power Pseudo-Democracy: state in which there are democratic structures but without a real chance for an alternance of power Transition State: a state with a transitional structure Absolute Monarchy: a one-party state, or a state governed by an absolute monarchy or dictatorship.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Trademarks, nonresidents	1,123		[54th of 99]
DEFINITION: Trademark applications filed are applications for registration of a trademark with a national or regional trademark office. Trademarks are distinctive signs that identify goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise. Trademarks protect owners of the mark by ensuring exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services or to authorize its use in return for payment.		View time series
SOURCE: electionworld.org
Trademarks, residents	127		[75th of 98]
DEFINITION: Trademark applications filed are applications for registration of a trademark with a national or regional trademark office. Trademarks are distinctive signs that identify goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise. Trademarks protect owners of the mark by ensuring exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services or to authorize its use in return for payment.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago abide by the April 2006 Permanent Court of Arbitration decision delimiting a maritime boundary and limiting catches of flying fish in Trinidad and Tobago's exclusive economic zone; joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which permits Venezuela to extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea
DEFINITION: This entry includes a wide variety of situations that range from traditional bilateral boundary disputes to unilateral claims of one sort or another. Information regarding disputes over international terrestrial and maritime boundaries has been reviewed by the US Department of State. References to other situations involving borders or frontiers may also be included, such as resource disputes, geopolitical questions, or irredentist issues; however, inclusion does not necessarily constitute official acceptance or recognition by the US Government.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
UN membership date	9 Dec. 1966
DEFINITION: Date of United Nations Membership
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
United Nations mission http://www.foreign.gov.bb/
DEFINITION: United Missions mission or approximate website
SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood	Kalorama Heights
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SOURCE: Wisconsin High School Model United Nations

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