Macedonian Political Fact:
- Conventional Long Form: Republic of Macedonia
- Capital City(ies) (some have multiple): Skopje
- Type of Government: Parliamentary Democracy
- Date of Independence: 8 September (1991)
- National Holiday(s): include date & event/celebration: Independence Day, 8 September(1991); also known as National Day
- Chief of State (official public face of government): President Gjorge Ivanov
- Head of Government (actual leader of government): Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski
- Description of Executive Branch/Powers: President elected by popular vote for a five-year term; two-round election; first round held on April 13 2014, second round held on 27 April 2014; prime minister elected by the Assembly following legislative elections; the leader o the majority party or majority coalition usually elected prime minister.
- Description of Legislative Branch/Powers: Unicameral Assembly or Sobranie(123 seats; all members elected by popular vote from party lists based on the percentage of the overall vote the parties gain in each of the six domestic and three diaspora electoral district; members serve four-year terms)
- Description of Judicial Branch/Powers: Supreme Court judges nominated by the Judicial Council, a 7 -member body of legal professionals, and appointed by the assembly; judge tenure NA; constitutional Court Judges appointed by the legislature for nonrenewable, 9 year terms.
- Suffrage (who is allowed to vote): 18 years of age, universal
- Name of THEIR Ambassador to the U.S.: Ambassader Zoran Jolevski
- Location of THEIR embassy in the U.S.: 2129 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
- Location(s) of THEIR consulate(s) in the U.S. (just the name/s of city/ies is fine): Chicago, New York, Southfield (MI)
- Name of U.S. Ambassador to THEMLocation of U.S. embassy THERE Location(s) of U.S. consulate(s) THERE (just the name/s of city/ies is fine): ambassador Paul D. Whohlers
- Name of THEIR representative to UN: Vasile Andonoski
- Description of the Symbolism of flag: Depicts a stylized yellow sun a red field, with eight ray broadening rays extending from the center to the edge of the field.
- Video or audio (from YouTube??) of their national anthem being played
- National Symbol(s): Macedonia's symbols include their coat of arms which is composed of two curved garlands of sheaves of wheat, tobacco leaves and opium poppy fruits tied to a ribbon decorated with embroidery of traditional Macedonian folk motives. Their unofficial symbols is the Vergina Flag which is a stylized yellow sun centered with a eight main and eight secondary rays emanating from the sun, tapering to a point and is used as a national symbol by many Macedonians and other organizations.Lastly is the Macedonian Lion which first appears in the Fojnica armorial from 1340. On the coat of arms is a crown, inside a yellow crowned lion is depicted standing rampant, on a red background.
- Descriptions of International Disputes: Kosovo and Macedonia completed demarcation of their boundary in September 2008; Greece continues to reject the use of the name Macedonia or Republic of Macedonia
- Quantity of refugees inside country AND country(ies) of origin of refugees:N/A
- Quantity of Internally Displaced Persons: N/A
- Quantity of Stateless Persons: 905
- Description of current human trafficking issues related to this country: N/A
- Description of Illicit Drug trafficking/use: Major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish; minor transit point for South American cocaine destined for Europe; although not a financial enter and most criminal activity is thought to be domestic, money laundering s a problem due to a mostly cash-based economy and weak enforcement.