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Asia > Georgia > Government

GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Capital city T'bilisi
Corruption 2.3 [134th of 160]
Parliamentary seats > Female 7% [97th of 143]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > % 9.4 % ... [126th of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number 7 ... [131st of 171]
Status
democracy
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Time required to build a warehouse > days 137 days ... [127th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days 285 days ... [142nd of 171]
Time required to register property > days 9 days ... [150th of 167]
Time required to start a business > days 16 days ... [145th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours 423 hours ... [37th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years 3.3 years ... [57th of 151]
Total businesses registered > number 95,671 ... [48th of 71]
Trademarks, nonresidents 132 ... [51st of 99]
Trademarks, residents 148 ... [49th of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
Russia and Georgia agree on delimiting 80% of their common border, leaving certain small, strategic segments and the maritime boundary unresolved; OSCE observers monitor volatile areas such as the Pankisi Gorge in the Akhmeti region and the Argun Gorge in Abkhazia; UN Observer Mission in Georgia has maintained a peacekeeping force in Georgia since 1993; Meshkheti Turks scattered throughout the former Soviet Union seek to return to Georgia; boundary with Armenia remains undemarcated; ethnic Armenian groups in Javakheti region of Georgia seek greater autonomy from the Georgian government; Azerbaijan and Georgia continue to discuss the alignment of their boundary at certain crossing areas
UN membership date 31 Jul. 1992
United Nations mission
http://www.un.int/georgia/index.html
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood Embassy Row

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Transparency International; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations; Wikipedia: List of Washington, D.C. embassies

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Georgia, Sak'art'velo

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