Area: 243 000 km²
Population: 59.8 million
Capital city: London
Currency: 1 pound sterling = 100 pence, 1 euro = 0.68 pounds sterling (GBP) (Dec. 2006)
National day: Queen's Birthday (celebrated on second Saturday in June)
EU-membership: 1 January 1973 (EC)

Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II
Head of Government: Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Foreign Minister: David Miliband
Government: Labour Party (Lab, 352 seats)
Parliament: Bicameral: House of Commons, 646 members, elections every 5 years
House of Lords, 751 members

GDP: € 1 636.6 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 27 352 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 1.9% (2005)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.royal.gov.uk
Head of Government: http://www.number-10.gov.uk
Foreign Minister: http://www.fco.gov.uk
Parliament: http://www.parliament.uk

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