Sweden

Sweden is a constitutional monarchy in which the current King Carl XVI Gustaf reigns. But the executive power is exercised by the government that Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt directs. This political system functions like a parliamentary democracy.

In 2013, Sweden has more than 9.5 million inhabitants. Its official language is Swedish but there are also 5 recognized minority languages:

 the Finnish language of the Finnish people, historically associated with Finland

 the meänkieli, used by Tornadéliens who come from a region in northeastern Sweden

 Sami spoken by Samis, estimated between 15,000 and 25,000 in Swedish territory

 Scandoromani is a dialect derived from Romani and practiced in Sweden as well as in Norway. Romani is a language spoken by a people from northern India.

 Yiddish is a Germanic language but uses a Hebrew alphabet.

Despite being a member of the European Union, Sweden refused to adopt the euro as the single currency and therefore preferred to keep its national currency: the Swedish krona.

In 2010, Sweden ranks 9th in the highest HDI ranking, highlighting the effectiveness of its education system (literacy rate being one of the criteria taken into account in calculating the HDI ) as well as a good redistribution of wealth and good economic development.

Countries are ranked from 1 to 5 (lowest to highest) based on the number of government-related conflicts that have killed at least 25 people in one-year fighting.

The table above is based on the Uppsala Conflict Data Program. It can be seen that the number of conflicts increased by 50% from July 2009 to January 2010 and stabilized at 1.5 until January 2012. It can thus be said that the level of internal and external conflicts in