Government Stats: compare key data on England & Netherlands
Definitions
- Capital city: The location of the seat of government.
- Republic establishment date: The date on which each country (or its precursor) changed its form of government to a republic. In a republic, the power resides in the country’s people, the government and legislature is elected and the country is ruled according to its laws.
SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: List of countries by date of transition to republican system of government (List)
