NationMaster - Swazi Government statistics

Capital city Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital
Corruption	2.7		[105th of 160]
Parliamentary seats > Female	3%		[122nd of 143]
Procedures to enforce a contract > number	31	...	[95th of 170]
Procedures to register property > number	11	...	[9th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %	10.8 %	...	[114th of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number	13	...	[21st of 171]
Status	absolute monarchy
Suffrage	18 years of age
Time required to build a warehouse > days	114 days	...	[144th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days	972 days	...	[17th of 171]
Time required to register property > days	46 days	...	[91st of 167]
Time required to start a business > days	61 days	...	[35th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours	104 hours	...	[148th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years	2 years	...	[115th of 151]
Trademarks, nonresidents	616	...	[73rd of 99]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International in 2006, Swazi king advocates resort to ICJ to claim parts of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal from South Africa
UN membership date	24 Sep. 1968
United Nations mission http://www.magma.ca/~mali/swaziland/ http://members.tripod.com/stewart_marshall/swaziland.htm
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood	Cleveland Park

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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: Swaziland, Kingdom of Swaziland

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