1.  What is the full name of your country?

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2.  Where is your country located?
(Include the continent, bordering countries and bodies of water)

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3.  How does its geography affect its political relationships?

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4.  What is the capital city of your country?

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PEOPLE

1.  What is your country’s population and growth rate?

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2.  Which ethnicities can be found in your country? (Include percentages)

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3.  Which languages are spoken in your country? (Include percentages)

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4.  Which religions are practiced in your country? (Include percentages)

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GOVERNMENT

1.  What sort of government does your country have?

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2.  Who is the head of state? How is s/he elected or appointed? What is their title?
What is the name of the legislative body?

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3.  What types of ideologies (political, religious or other) influence your country’s government?

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4.  Which domestic issues might influence your country’s foreign policy?

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5.  Does your country belong to any intergovernmental organizations outside the G20 system, such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)? Please describe.

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HISTORY

1.  What are some major events in your country’s history? Why are they important?

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2.  Did your country colonize any other country(ies)? If so, which one(s)?

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3.  Was your country ever colonized? If so, by which country(ies)?

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4.  Does your country belong to any trade organizations or agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)? Please describe.

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ECONOMY

1.  Who is the Finance Minister? 

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2.  Who is the Central Bank Governor?

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3.  Define Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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4.  What is your country’s GDP ($USD)?

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4a. How does it compare to other countries in the G20?
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4b. How does it compare to other countries worldwide?
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5.  What is the real GDP growth rate?

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6.   What is the GDP per capita?

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7.   What is the public debt of your nation? (% of GDP) ________%

8.  What is the size of the labor force?

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9.  By occupation:

Agriculture ________% 
Industry ________%
Services  ________%

10.  What is the unemployment rate? ________%

11.   What percentage of the population lives below the poverty line? ________%

12.   What is the inflation rate? ________%

13.  What are your country’s major exports?

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14.  What are your country’s major imports? Who are your major trading partners?

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15.  Identify the general characteristics of your country’s economy.

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HEALTH

1.  What is the life expectancy at birth for men and women?

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2.  What are the birth and fertility rates?

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3.  What is the maternal mortality rate?

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4.  What is the infant mortality rate?

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5.  What are the major infectious diseases?

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6.  What is the HIV/AIDS infection rate?

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7.  What are the major general health concerns for your country?

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EDUCATION

1.  What is the literacy rate?

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2.  Is education free and/or mandatory in your country?

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3.  How many years, on average, do children attend school?

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4.  At what age do children begin school?

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5.  How many colleges or universities does your country have? What are the admission/attrition rates?

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DEVELOPMENT AND FOREIGN AID

1.  Is your country considered part of the “developed” or “developing” world?
What is its Human Development Index (HDI) ranking? (The HDI is an index combining normalized measures of human development—health (life expectancy at birth), knowledge (adult literacy rate and combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrollment ratio) and the standard of living (GDP per capita)).

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2.  Does your country receive significant external assistance from other countries or organizations? If so, what type of assistance does it receive? Food, medicine, etc?

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ENVIRONMENT

1.  Describe your country’s climate.

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2.  What environmental problems does your country face? What solution has your country implemented or proposed to address environmental issues?
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3.  What are its most important natural resources?

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4.  What are its main energy sources?
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MILITARY

1.  What percentage of GDP is spent on defense? ________%

2.  Does your country have missile/nuclear capabilities? Please describe.
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3.  How does your country’s military acquire members? Is there a draft? Voluntary
sign-up?
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4.  Are children involved in your country’s military? If so, at what level?
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CONFLICTS/ISSUES

1.  What are two major problems affecting your country?

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2.  Have any ethnic, cultural or political issues led to violence? Please describe.
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3.  Provide details of the most recent conflict, either domestic or international, if one exists.

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NATIONAL POLICY GOALS

Please describe your nation’s major policy goals with respect to:

Economy

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Energy

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Environment

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PREVIOUS G8/G20

1.  Was your nation a member of the G8?
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2.  As a member of the G20, describe which issues you reached consensus on at previous G20 summits.

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PREVIOUS G8/G20

3.  As a member of the G20, describe which issues your delegation failed to reach consensus on at previous G20 summits and the basis for your dissention.
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