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{
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"Introduction": {
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"Background": {
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"text": "Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy, which held sway in both France and England. The islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II. Guernsey is a British crown dependency but is not part of the UK or of the European Union. However, the UK Government is constitutionally responsible for its defense and international representation."
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"text": "Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy, which held sway in both France and England. The islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II. Guernsey is a British crown dependency but is not part of the UK or of the EU. However, the UK Government is constitutionally responsible for its defense and international representation."
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}
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},
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"Geography": {
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"Terrain": {
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"text": "mostly flat with low hills in southwest"
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},
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"Elevation extremes": {
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"lowest point": {
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"text": "Atlantic Ocean 0 m"
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"Elevation": {
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"mean elevation": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"highest point": {
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"text": "unnamed elevation on Sark 114 m"
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"elevation extremes": {
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"text": "lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m ++ highest point: unnamed elevation on Sark 114 m"
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}
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},
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"Natural resources": {
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}
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},
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"People and Society": {
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"Population": {
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"text": "66,297 (July 2016 est.)"
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},
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"Nationality": {
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"noun": {
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"text": "Channel Islander(s)"
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"Religions": {
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"text": "Protestant (Anglican, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist), Roman Catholic"
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},
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"Population": {
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"text": "66,080 (July 2015 est.)"
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},
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"Age structure": {
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "14.49% (male 4,956/female 4,619)"
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"text": "14.46% (male 4,956/female 4,630)"
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},
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"15-24 years": {
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"text": "11.71% (male 3,940/female 3,798)"
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"text": "11.45% (male 3,877/female 3,715)"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "42.05% (male 14,007/female 13,782)"
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"text": "41.89% (male 14,009/female 13,760)"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "12.86% (male 4,237/female 4,260)"
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"text": "12.93% (male 4,267/female 4,304)"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "18.89% (male 5,643/female 6,838) (2015 est.)"
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},
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"population pyramid": {
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"text": null
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"text": "19.28% (male 5,797/female 6,982) (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Dependency ratios": {
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"text": "3.9%"
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},
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"note": {
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"text": "data represents the Channel Islands (2015 est.)"
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"text": "data represent the Channel Islands (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "43.4 years"
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"text": "43.6 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "42.1 years"
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"text": "42.3 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "44.5 years (2015 est.)"
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"text": "44.8 years (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "0.34% (2015 est.)"
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"text": "0.32% (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "9.84 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "9.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "8.78 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "8.9 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Urbanization": {
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"urban population": {
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"text": "0.76% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)"
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},
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"note": {
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"text": "data is for the Channel Islands"
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"text": "data are for the Channel Islands"
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}
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},
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"Sex ratio": {
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"text": "1.02 male(s)/female"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "1 male(s)/female"
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"text": "0.99 male(s)/female"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "0.83 male(s)/female"
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},
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"total population": {
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"text": "0.99 male(s)/female (2015 est.)"
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"text": "0.99 male(s)/female (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Infant mortality rate": {
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"total": {
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"text": "3.44 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"text": "3.4 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "3.74 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"text": "3.7 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "3.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)"
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"text": "3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Life expectancy at birth": {
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"total population": {
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"text": "82.47 years"
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"text": "82.5 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "79.79 years"
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"text": "79.9 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "85.29 years (2015 est.)"
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"text": "85.4 years (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "1.55 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
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"text": "1.56 children born/woman (2016 est.)"
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},
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"HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"conventional short form": {
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"text": "Guernsey"
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},
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"etymology": {
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"text": "the name is of Old Norse origin, but the meaning of the root \"Guern(s)\" is uncertain; the \"-ey\" ending means \"island\""
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}
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},
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"Dependency status": {
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"text": "British crown dependency"
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},
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"Government type": {
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"text": "parliamentary democracy"
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"text": "parliamentary democracy (States of Deliberation); a Crown dependency of the UK"
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"Capital": {
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"name": {
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"text": "unwritten; includes royal charters, statutes, and common law and practice"
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},
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"Legal system": {
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"text": "customary legal system based on Norman customary law, and includes elements of the French Civil Code and English common law"
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"text": "customary legal system based on Norman customary law, and includes elements of the French civil code and English common law"
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},
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"Citizenship": {
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"text": "see United Kingdom"
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},
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"Suffrage": {
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"text": "16 years of age; universal"
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},
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"Executive branch": {
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"chief of state": {
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"text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Lieutenant Governor (vacant); note - Lieutenant Governor Air Marshall Peter WALKER died 6 September 2015; Bailiff Sir Richard COLLAS becomes acting lieutenant governor"
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"text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Lieutenant Governor Vice Admiral Ian CORDER sworn in on 14 March 2016"
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},
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"head of government": {
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"text": "Chief Minister Jonathan LE TOCQ (since 12 March 2014); Bailiff Richard COLLAS (since 23 March 2012); note - Chief Minister Peter HARWOOD resigned on 25 February 2014"
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"text": "Chief Minister Jonathan LE TOCQ (since 12 March 2014); Bailiff Sir Richard COLLAS (since 23 March 2012)"
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},
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "none; note - the Policy Council, elected by the States of Deliberation, functions mainly as policy coordination body"
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},
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"elections/appointments": {
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"text": "the monarchy is hereditary; lieutenant governor and bailiff appointed by the monarch; chief minister indirectly elected by States of Deliberation election last held on 12 March 2014 (next to be held NA)"
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"text": "the monarchy is hereditary; lieutenant governor and bailiff appointed by the monarch; chief minister indirectly elected by States of Deliberation; last held on 27 April 2016 (next to be held in 2020)"
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},
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"election results": {
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"text": "Peter HARWOOD (independent) elected chief minister; States of Deliberation vote - 22 of 42"
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"text": "Jonathan LE TOCQ (independent) elected chief minister; States of Deliberation vote - 22 of 42 votes"
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}
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},
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"Legislative branch": {
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"description": {
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"text": "unicameral States of Deliberation (47 seats - 45 People's Deputies and 2 representatives of the States of Alderney; members directly elected by majority vote to serve 4-year terms); note - non-voting members include the bailiff (presiding officer), attorney-general, and solicitor-general"
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"text": "unicameral States of Deliberation (40 seats; 38 People's Deputies and 2 representatives of the States of Alderney; members directly elected by majority vote to serve 4-year terms); note - non-voting members include the bailiff (presiding officer), attorney-general, and solicitor-general"
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},
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"elections": {
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"text": "last held on 18 April 2012 (next to be held in 2016)"
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"text": "last held on 27 April 2016 (next to be held in 2020)"
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},
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"election results": {
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"text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - all independent"
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"text": "Guernsey Court of Appeal (consists of the Bailiff of Guernsey, who is the ex-officio president of the Guernsey Court of Appeal, and at least 12 judges); Royal Court (organized into 3 divisions - Full Court sits with 1 judge and 7 to 12 jurats acting as judges of fact, Ordinary Court sits with 1 judge and normally 3 jurats, and Matrimonial Causes Division sits with a 1 judge and 4 jurats); note - appeals beyond Guernsey courts are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)"
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},
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"judge selection and term of office": {
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"text": "Royal Court Balliff, Deputy Balliff and Court of Appeal justices appointed by the British Crown and hold office at Her Majesty's pleasure; jurats elected by the States of Election, a body chaired by the Balliff and a number of jurats"
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"text": "Royal Court Bailiff, Deputy Bailiff, and Court of Appeal justices appointed by the British Crown and hold office at Her Majesty's pleasure; jurats elected by the States of Election, a body chaired by the Bailiff and a number of jurats"
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},
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"subordinate courts": {
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"text": "Court of Alderney; Court of the Seneschal of Sark; Magistrate's Court (includes Juvenile Court); Contracts Court; Ecclesiastical Court; Court of Chief Pleas"
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"text": "Financial services account for about 40% of employment and about 55% of total income in this tiny, prosperous Channel Island economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Financial services, construction, retail, and the public sector have been growing. Light tax and death duties make Guernsey a popular tax haven. In October 2014, Guernsey signed an OECD agreement to automatically exchange some financial account information to limit tax avoidance and evasion."
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},
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"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
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"text": "$3.42 billion (2013 est.) ++ $3.36 billion (2012 est.) ++ $3.258 billion (2011 est.)"
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"text": "$3.451 billion (2014 est.) ++ $3.42 billion (2013 est.) ++ $3.36 billion (2012 est.)"
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},
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"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
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"text": "$2.742 billion (2005 est.)"
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},
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"GDP - real growth rate": {
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"text": "1.8% (2013 est.) ++ 3.1% (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0.9% (2014 est.) ++ 1.2% (2013 est.) ++ 4.2% (2012 est.)"
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},
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"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
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"text": "$44,600 (2005 est.)"
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"text": "$52,300 (2014 est.)"
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"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
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"text": "$NA"
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"Imports - commodities": {
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"text": "coal, gasoline, oil, machinery, and equipment"
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},
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"Debt - external": {
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"text": "$NA"
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},
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"Exchange rates": {
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"text": "Guernsey pound per US dollar ++ 0.607 (2014) ++ 0.607 (2013) ++ 0.63 (2012) ++ 0.624 (2011) ++ 0.6472 (2010)"
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"text": "Guernsey pound per US dollar ++ 0.6542 (2015) ++ 0.607 (2014) ++ 0.607 (2013) ++ 0.63 (2012) ++ 0.624 (2011)"
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"Energy": {
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"Electricity access": {
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"electrification - total population": {
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"text": "100% (2016)"
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "70 (2014 est.)"
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"text": "69 (July 2010 est.)"
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"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
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"total": {
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"text": "43,800"
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "70 (2004)"
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"Telephone system": {
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"domestic": {
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"text": "fixed-line and mobile-cellular services widely available; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 100 per 100 persons"
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"text": "fixed-line and mobile-cellular services widely available"
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"international": {
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"text": "country code - 44; 1 submarine cable (2011)"
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"text": "country code - 44; 1 submarine cable (2015)"
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"text": "multiple UK terrestrial TV broadcasts are received via a transmitter in Jersey with relays in Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney; satellite packages are available; BBC Radio Guernsey and 1 other radio station operating (2009)"
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"Radio broadcast stations": {
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"text": "AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)"
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"Television broadcast stations": {
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"text": "1 (1997)"
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"Internet country code": {
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"text": ".gg"
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"Internet users": {
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"total": {
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"text": "48,300"
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"percent of population": {
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"text": "74.94% (2009)"
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"Transportation": {
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"National air transport system": {
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"number of registered air carriers": {
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"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
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"text": "11 (registered in UK) (2015)"
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"females age 16-49": {
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