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World Factbook Entry: Zinkoland

24-10-2003, 06:31
Population:
1.22 billion (est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 31%
15-64 years: 64.1%
65 years and over: 4.1%

Median age:
total: 24.8 years
male: 24.3 years
female: 25.4 years

Population growth rate:
1.48%

Birth rate:
19.78 births/1,000 population

Death rate:
4.9 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate:
-0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 80.13 years
male: 77.27 years
female: 83.13 years

Nationality:
noun: Zink(s)
adjective: Zinkish

Ethnic groups:
Caucasian 35%, Hispanic 40%, African 15%, Asian 7%, Other 3%

Religions:
Athiest 75%, Islamic 10%, Christian 5%, Other 5%

Languages:
Engish(offical), Spanish(offical), Russian, Native Languages

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.5%
male: 99%
female: 100%

Government
Conventional long form: The Free Land of Zinkoland
Conventional short form: Zinkoland
Government type:
socialist republic with a ruling dictatorship

Capital:
Ulrikgrad

Administrative divisions:
4 States: Sonar, Dormir, Metu, Jaid

National holiday:
Zinkoland Day: September 29

Legal system:
based on a Communist system, controlled by one government, multiple parties are legal

Suffrage:
16 years of age; universal

Executive branch:
chief of state: Comrade Audra Romanov

Judicial branch:
Supreme Zink; 80 members elected democratically

Political parties:
Communist Party, Zinkoland National Front, Anarchist Party, Libertarian Party, Purple Party