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

state of civil and political rights: Free

constitution: 19 December 1973; amended 1991, 1992

legal system: based on English common law; has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration

legislative system: bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives

judicial system: the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) consists of the Court of Appeal - headed by the chief justice and 4 judges - and the High Court with 18 judges; the Court of Appeal is itinerant, traveling to member states on a schedule to hear appeals from the High Court and subordinate courts; High Court judges reside in the member states, with 2 in Grenada; appeals beyond the ECSC in civil and criminal matters are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London); magistrates' courts; Court of Magisterial Appeals

religion: Protestant 49.2% (includes Pentecostal 17.2%, Seventh Day Adventist 13.2%, Anglican 8.5%, Baptist 3.2%, Church of God 2.4%, Evangelical 1.9%, Methodist 1.6%, other 1.2%), Roman Catholic 36%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, Rastafarian 1.2%, other 5.5%, none 5.7%, unspecified 1.3% (2011 est.)

death row: 1

year of last executions: 0-0-0

death sentences: 0

executions: 0