Czech Republic

they have a much smaller country

they are a republic now

republic

parliamentary democracy

98% literate.  Compared to the rest of Europe, that's not very good the rest of Europe is mostly a little bit higher

they pay

They live in a much colder climate.

they can vote for a prime minister

Queen Elizabeth the second who doesn't really do as much as the prime minister, her heir apparent Prince Charles, and Prime minister Anthony (Tony) Blair.

constitutional monarchy

a parliament

99.9% literate

they pay with taxes

for a long time there was a military dictatorship that made their king flee the country

they have freedom of speech

President Karolos Papoulias and Prime Minister Konstandinos Karamanlis.

parliamentary republic

a president and a prime minister. 

They have really good schooling.  Oxford University is probably the best college in the whole world and is in Oxford, England.  The people there are 99% literate.  99% of them have also completed at least five years of schooling.

they pay with taxes

coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, and arable land

people are more casual

they can drive without seatbelts

President Carlo Ciampi

republic

president and parliament

they have pretty good schools.  Some of them teach English and French to their students.  They are 97% literate

they pay

they aren't a well known country

they are allowed to vote

federal republic

president and all the parliament

99.6% of Lithuania can read and write by the age of 15 which means it has a good schooling

they pay for healthcare

they were ruled by Germany for a long time during World War II 

for a while they weren't allowed to speak Polish in public.  That was during the time when they were ruled by the German Nazis

their government leader is President Alexander Kwasniewski.  (did you know that the males in poland always have 'ski' at the end of their names but women have 'ska'?  That's customary)

republic

a president and a prime minister

99.8%.  Most countries in Europe have good schooling and therefore a high percentage of literacy.  Poland is no exception.

They pay for healthcare

they just claimed Transylvania the "home of the vampires

they don't vote for Congress or the senate, or state representatives.  They don't have a wide range of things to vote for at all.

President Traian Basescu

republic

they don't really vote for anything but a  president

very good schools. 98.9% literate

they pay

they just got their freedom from the British

they don't really have a choice which rights they can or can't have.  Their king decides

King Carl XVI Gustaf heir is Princess Victoria Ingrid Alice Desiree

republic

they can't vote because it's a monarchy

99% literate. They have good schools

they pay

School is a major issue

There are women's rights just like here.

President: Moritz Leuenberger

Federal Republic

They vote for a president

They have six different schools that they go to in this order. 1.Kindergarten
2. Volksschule
3. Primarschule
4.Oberstufenschule
5.Realschule
6. University

they pay

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