ian, Baptist,
Congregational, Methodist

_#_Language: English, French; Norman-French dialect spoken in country
districts

_#_Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%) but compulsory education
age 5 to 16

_#_Labor force: NA

_#_Organized labor: NA

_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: Bailiwick of Guernsey

_#_Type: British crown dependency

_#_Capital: Saint Peter Port

_#_Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency)

_#_Independence: none (British crown dependency)

_#_Constitution: unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and
practice

_#_Legal system: English law and local statute; justice is
administered by the Royal Court

_#_National holiday: Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)

_#_Executive branch: British monarch, lieutenant governor, bailiff,
deputy bailiff

_#_Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the States

_#_Judicial branch: Royal Court

_#_Leaders:

Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952);

Head of Government--Lieutenant Governor Lt. Gen. Sir Michael
WILKINS (since 1990); Bailiff Sir Charles FROSSARD (since 1982)

_#_Political parties and leaders: none; all independents

_#_Suffrage: universal at age 18

_#_Elections:

Assembly of the States--last held NA (next to be held NA);
results--percent of vote NA;
seats--(60 total, 33 elected), all independents

_#_Communists: none

_#_Member of: none

_#_Diplomatic representation: none (British crown dependency)

_#_Flag: white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of
England) extending to the edges of the flag

_*_Economy
_#_Overview: Tourism is a major source of revenue. Other economic
activity includes financial services, breeding the world-famous
Guernsey cattle, and growing tomatoes and flowers for export.

_#_GDP: $NA, per capita $NA; real growth rate 9% (1987)

_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% (1988)

_#_Unemployment rate: NA%

_#_Budget: revenues $208.9 million; expenditures $173.9 million,
including capital expenditures of NA (1988)

_#_Exports: $NA;

commodities--tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant,
other vegetables;

partners--UK (regarded as internal trade)

_#_Imports: $NA;

commodities--coal, gasoline and oil;

partners--UK (regarded as internal trade)

_#_External debt: $NA

_#_Industrial production: growth rate NA%

_#_Electricity: 173,000 kW capacity; 525 million