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· Country Name: Denmark

· Year Founded: Around 980 by Harold Bluetooth

· Population: 5,500,510

· Primary Language: Danish

· Ethnic Make-up: Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali

· Political System: constitutional monarchy

· Year Entered the European Union: They joined in 1973

· Representative of the European Union (include party): Michael MATTHIESSEN (can’t find the party)

· Type of Economy: Free-Market Capitalist System

· Currency: Danish Krone

· Current Exchange rate for American Currency: 1 US Dollar = 5.75 Danish Krones

· GDP: Total- $303.519 billion
Per Capita - $55,207

· Percentage of Trade within the European Union: European Union markets account for 70% of total exports with Denmark.

· Unemployment Rate: 2%

· Chief Exports: butter, pork, eggs, beef, horses, hides, and skins.

· Key Imports:
Machinery and transport – 26%
Chemical products - 13%
Foodstuff, live animals – 15%
Fuels and lubricants – 10%

· Major Religions: Evangelical Lutheran, Christianity, Muslim

· Surrounding Countries: Germany in the south and Sweden and Norway in the North

· Literacy Rate: 99% in Males and Females, people from 15 can read.

· One Interesting Fact: The Faroes Islands used to be from Norway, but they lost ownership to Denmark after the King of Norway lost drunken in a game against the King of Denmark