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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
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Constitution	adopted 25 October 1992
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Corruption	4.8		[44th of 160]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address American Embassy, Akmenu Gatve 6, Vilnius LT-03106
Source: Transparency International
Executive branch > Cabinet Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the nomination of the prime minister
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Executive branch > Chief of state President Valdas ADAMKUS (since 12 July 2004)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Flag description three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), green, and red
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Government type	parliamentary democracy
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Independence 11 March 1990 (declared); 6 September 1991 (recognized by Soviet Union)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Judicial branch Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; judges for all courts appointed by the president
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Legal system based on civil law system; legislative acts can be appealed to the constitutional court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Parliamentary seats > Female	18%		[27th of 143]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Status democracy
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal
Source: electionworld.org
Time required to start a business > days	26 days		[115th of 171]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Trademarks, residents	1,929		[30th of 98]
Source: World Development Indicators database
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
Source: World Development Indicators database

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