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STAT	Akrotiri	Netherlands	HISTORY
Economy > Economy > Overview	Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Akrotiri. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.	The Dutch economy is the sixth-largest economy in the euro-zone and is noted for its stable industrial relations, moderate unemployment and inflation, a sizable trade surplus, and an important role as a European transportation hub. Industrial activity is predominantly in food processing, chemicals, petroleum refining, and electrical machinery. A highly mechanized agricultural sector employs only 2% of the labor force but provides large surpluses for the food-processing industry and for exports. The Netherlands, along with 11 of its EU partners, began circulating the euro currency on 1 January 2002. After 26 years of uninterrupted economic growth, the Dutch economy - highly dependent on an international financial sector and international trade - contracted by 3.5% in 2009 as a result of the global financial crisis. The Dutch financial sector suffered, due in part to the high exposure of some Dutch banks to U.S. mortgage-backed securities. In 2008, the government nationalized two banks and injected billions of dollars of capital into other financial institutions, to prevent further deterioration of a crucial sector. The government also sought to boost the domestic economy by accelerating infrastructure programs, offering corporate tax breaks for employers to retain workers, and expanding export credit facilities. The stimulus programs and bank bailouts, however, resulted in a government budget deficit of 5.3% of GDP in 2010 that contrasted sharply with a surplus of 0.7% in 2008. The government of Prime Minister Mark RUTTE began implementing fiscal consolidation measures in early 2011, mainly reductions in expenditures, which resulted in an improved budget deficit in 2011. In 2012 tax revenues dropped nearly 9%, GDP contracted, and the budget deficit deteriorated. Although jobless claims continued to grow, the unemployment rate remained relatively low at 6.8 percent.
Environment > Current issues	hunting around the salt lake; note - breeding place for loggerhead and green turtles; only remaining colony of griffon vultures is on the base	water pollution in the form of heavy metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates; air pollution from vehicles and refining activities; acid rain
Geography > Area > Comparative	about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC	slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey
Geography > Area > Total	123 sq km Ranked 223th.	41,543 sq km Ranked 136th. 338 times more than Akrotiri
Geography > Climate	temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters	temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters
Geography > Coastline	None	451 km Ranked 113th.
Geography > Geographic coordinates	34 37 N, 32 58 E	52 30 N, 5 45 E
Geography > Location	Eastern Mediterranean, peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus	Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany
Government > Capital city > Name	Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia)	Amsterdam
Government > Constitution	presented 3 August 1960, effective 16 August 1960; amended 1966 (The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, serves as a basic legal document)	previous 1597, 1798; latest adopted 24 August 1815 (substantially revised in 1848); amended many times, last in 2010
Government > Executive branch > Chief of state	Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)	King WILLEM-ALEXANDER (since 30 April 2013)
Government > Executive branch > Head of government	Administrator Air Vice Marshall Graham STACEY (since 4 November 2010)	Prime Minister Mark RUTTE (since 14 October 2010); Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk ASSCHER (since 5 November 2012)
Government > Judicial branch	The Court headed by a resident judge and senior judges from the UK as needed	Supreme Court or Hoge Raad (justices are nominated for life by the monarch)
Government > Legal system	the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters; laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the laws of the Republic of Cyprus	civil law system based on the French system; constitution does not permit judicial review of acts of the States General
Language > Languages	Greek	Dutch (official), Frisian (official)
Government > Capital city > Geographic coordinates	34	52
Media > Broadcast media	British Forces Broadcast Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite TV service as well as BFBS radio broadcasts to the Akrotiri Sovereign Base	more than 90% of households are connected to cable or satellite TV systems that provide a wide range of domestic and foreign channels; public service broadcast system includes multiple broadcasters, 3 with a national reach and the remainder operating in regional and local markets; 2 major nationwide commercial television companies, each with 3 or more stations, and a large number of commercial TV stations in regional and local markets; nearly 600 radio stations operating with a mix of public and private stations providing national or regional coverage
Geography > Area > Comparative to US places	about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC	slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey
Government > Country name > Conventional long form	none	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Geography > Land boundaries > Border countries	Cyprus 47.4 km	Belgium 450 km, Germany 577 km
Media > Radio broadcast stations	AM NA, FM 1, shortwave NA (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia)	AM 4, FM 246, shortwave 3
Government > Executive branch > Elections	none; the monarchy is hereditary; the administrator appointed by the monarch	the monarchy is hereditary; following Second Chamber elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch; deputy prime ministers appointed by the monarch
Government > Flag description	the flag of the UK is used	three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue; similar to the flag of Luxembourg, which uses a lighter blue and is longer; the colors were those of WILLIAM I, Prince of Orange, who led the Dutch Revolt against Spanish sovereignty in the latter half of the 16th century; originally the upper band was orange, but because it tended to fade to red over time, the red shade was eventually made the permanent color; the banner is perhaps the oldest tricolor in continuous use

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