NationMaster - Tongan Government statistics

Capital city	Nuku'alofa
Prime minister	Feleti Sevele
Procedures to build a warehouse > number	15	...	[107th of 168]
Procedures to enforce a contract > number	30	...	[97th of 170]
Procedures to register property > number	4	...	[138th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %	3.3 %	...	[161st of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number	4	...	[161st of 171]
Status	pseudo-democracy
Suffrage 21 years of age; universal
Time required to build a warehouse > days	81 days	...	[156th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days	510 days	...	[77th of 171]
Time required to register property > days	108 days	...	[38th of 167]
Time required to start a business > days	32 days	...	[96th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours	164 hours	...	[116th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years	2.7 years	...	[89th of 151]
Trademarks, nonresidents	105	...	[69th of 99]
Trademarks, residents	1	...	[67th of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International	none
UN membership date	14 Sep. 1999
United Nations mission http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/16092.htm

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Wikipedia: Prime minister ; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga

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