government: parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm

state of civil and political rights: Partly free

constitution: 16 September 1975; amended many times, last in 2016

legal system: mixed legal system of English common law and customary law; has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration

legislative system: Unicameral National Parliament

judicial system: Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice, deputy chief justice, 35 justices, and 5 acting justices); National Courts (consists of 13 courts located in the provincial capitals, with a total of 19 resident judges); district, village, and juvenile courts, military courts, taxation courts, coronial courts, mining warden courts, land courts, traffic courts, committal courts, grade five courts

religion: Protestant 64.3% (Evangelical Lutheran 18.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.9%, Pentecostal 10.4%, United Church 10.3%, Evangelical Alliance 5.9%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.8%, Salvation Army 0.4%), Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 5.3%, non-Christian 1.4%, unspecified 3.1% (2011 est.)

death row: 12, as of end 2017

year of last executions: 0-0-1954

death sentences: 0

executions: 0