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Administrative divisions 10 counties (apskritys, singular - apskritis); Alytaus, Kauno, Klaipedos, Marijampoles, Panevezio, Siauliu, Taurages, Telsiu, Utenos, Vilniaus
Capital city > Geographic coordinates	54 41 N, 25 19 E
Constitution	adopted 25 October 1992
Corruption	4.8		[44th of 160]
Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address American Embassy, Akmenu Gatve 6, Vilnius LT-03106
Executive branch > Cabinet Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the nomination of the prime minister
Executive branch > Chief of state President Valdas ADAMKUS (since 12 July 2004)
Flag description three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), green, and red
Government type	parliamentary democracy
Independence 11 March 1990 (declared); 6 September 1991 (recognized by Soviet Union)
Judicial branch Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; judges for all courts appointed by the president
Legal system based on civil law system; legislative acts can be appealed to the constitutional court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Legislative branch unicameral Parliament or Seimas (141 seats; 71 members are elected by popular vote, 70 are elected by proportional representation; serve four-year terms)
Parliamentary seats > Female	18%		[27th of 143]
Political parties and leaders Civil Democracy Party or PDP [Viktor MUNTIANAS]; Coalition of Labor Party and Youth or KDP+J [Viktor USPASKICH]; Electoral Action of Lithuanian Poles or LLRA [Valdemar TOMASZEVSKI]; Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats or TS [Andrius KUBILIUS]; Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union or LVLS [Kazimiera PRUNSKIENE]; Liberal and Center Union or LCS [Arturas ZUOKAS]; Liberal Movement or LRLS [Eligijus MASIULIS]; National Revival or TPP [Arunas VALINSKAS]; New Union (Social Liberal) or NS [Arturas PAULAUSKAS]; Order and Justice Party or TT [Rolandas PAKSAS]; Social Democratic Party or LSDP [Gediminas KIRKILAS]; Young Lithuania and New Nationalists [Stanislovas BUSKEVICIUS]
Status democracy
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal
Time required to start a business > days	26 days		[115th of 171]
Trademarks, residents	1,929		[30th of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International Lithuania and Russia committed to demarcating their boundary in 2006 in accordance with the land and maritime treaty ratified by Russia in May 2003 and by Lithuania in 1999; Lithuania operates a simplified transit regime for Russian nationals traveling from the Kaliningrad coastal exclave into Russia, while still conforming, as a EU member state having an external border with a non-EU member, to strict Schengen border rules; the Latvian parliament has not ratified its 1998 maritime boundary treaty with Lithuania, primarily due to concerns over potential hydrocarbons; as of January 2007, ground demarcation of the boundary with Belarus was complete and mapped with final ratification documents in preparation

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