Country Capital Currency

Country	Capital	Currency	Language	Religion
Afghanistan	Kabul	Afghani	Pakhto (Pusthu), Persian	Islam
Albania	Tirana	Lek	Albanian	Religion has been officially abolished
Algeria	Algiers	Dinar	Arabic & French	Islam
Andorra	Andorra Ia Vieille	Franc & French	Catalan, Spanish	Christianity
Angola	Luanda	Kwanza	Portuguese, Bantu	Tribal and Christianity
Antigus and Barbuda	St.John's	EC Dollar	English	Christianity
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Peso	Spanish	Christianity
Australia	Canberra	Australian Dollar	English	Christianity
Austria	Vienna	Euro	German	Christianity
Azerbaijan	Baku	Manat	Azeri, Turkish, Russian	Islam
Bahamas	Nassau	Bahamian Dollar	English	Islam & Hindu
Bahrain	Manama	Dinar	Arabic & English	Christianity
Bangladesh	Dacca	Taka	Bengali & Chakmamagh	Christianity
Barbados	Bridge Town	Barbados Dollar	English	Christianity
Belarus	Minsk	Belarus Ruble (Zaichik)	Belorunian, Russian	Christianity
Belgium	Brussels	Euro	Dutch French & German	Christianity
Belize	Belmopan	Barbados Dollar	English, Spanish	Christianity
Benin	Porto Novo	Franc	French & Tribal Dialects	Animism & Islam
Bermuda	Hamilton	Barbados Dollar	English	Christianity
Bhutan	Thimpu	Ngultrum	Dzongkha & Nepali	Buddhism & Hinduism
Bolivia	La Paz	Boliviano	Spanish & Aymara	Christianity
Botswana	Gaborone	Pula	English & Setswana	Christianity
Brazil	Brasilia	Real (BRC)	Portuguese & English	Christianity
Brunei	Bander Seri Begawan	Brunei Dollar	Malay, Chinese & English	Islam
Bulgaria	Sofia	Lev	Bulgarian, Turkish	Christianity & Atheism
Burundi	Bujumbura	Burundi Franc	French & Kirundi	Tribal & Christianity
Cambodia	Phnompenh	Riel	Khmer & French	Theravada & Buddhism
Cameroon	Yaounde	Franc	French & English	Tribal, Islam & Christianity
Canada	Ottawa	Dollar	English & French	Christianity
Cape Verde	Praia	Escudo	Portuguese Criuolo	Christianity
Central African Republic	Bangui	Franc	French & Sangho	Christianity and Tribal
Chad	N'djamena	Franc	French & Arabic	Islam & Tribal
Chile	Santiago	Peso	Spanish	Christianity
China	Beijing	Yuan	Chinese (Mandarin) Mongol	Christianism & Taoism
Colombia	Bogota	Peso	Spanish	Christianity
Comoros	Moroni	Comorian Franc	Arabic & Comoron	Islam & Christianity
Congo (Belgium)	Brazzaville	Franc	French & Lingala	Tribal & Christianity
Costa Rica	San Jose	Colon	Spanish	Christianity
Cote D'ivorie	Abidjan	Franc	French Tribal	Islam & Christianity
Cuba	Havana	Peso	Spanish	Christianity
Cyprus	Nicosia	Cyprus Pound	Greek & Turkish	Christianity and Islam
Czechoslovakia	Prague	Koruna	Czech & Slovak	Christianity
Denmark	Copenhagen	Krone	Danish	Christianity
Djibouti	Djibouti	Franc	Arabic & French	Islam
Dominica	Roseau	E.C. Dollar	English & French Patois	Christianity
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Peso Oro	Spanish	Christianity
Ecuador	Quito	Sucre	Spanish & Tribal dialects	Christianity
Egypt	Cairo	Pound	Arabic	Islam & Christianity
Elsalvador	San Salvador	Colon	Spanish	Christianity
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo Santa Isabel	Franc	Spanish & Fang
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Birr	Amharic, Gallinga	Christianity and Islam
Fiji	Suva	Dollar	English & Figian	Christianity and Islam & Hinduism
Finland	Helsinki	Euro	Finnish & Swedish	Christianity
France	Paris	Euro	French	Christianity
Gabon	Libreville	Franc	French & Bantu dialects	Christianity and Tribal
Gambia	Banjul	Dalasi	English & Mandinka	Islam & Christianity
Germany	Berlin	Euro	German	Christianity
Ghana	Accra	Cedi	English (Official Language) and eight Major national languages	Christianity
Greece	Athens	Drachma	Greek	Christianity
Grenada	St.Georges	E.C.Dollar	English & French - African Patois	Christianity
Guatemala	GuatemalaCity	Quetza	Spanish, Indian dialects	Christianity
Guinea	Bissau	Peso	Grioulo Islam Bissau Guinea	Christianity and Tribal
Guinea	Conakry	Guinea Franc	French & 8 national languages	Islam and Tribal
Guyana	George Town	Guyana Dollar	English, Creole & Urdu	Christianity and Hinduism
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	Gourde	French & Creole	Christianity and Voodoo
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Lempira	Spanish	Christianity
Hungary	Budapest	Forint	Hungarian	Christianity
Iceland	Reykjavik	Krona	Icelandic	Christianity
India	New Delhi	Rupee	Hindi	Hinduism
Indonesia	Jakarta	Rupiah	Bahasa, Indonesian	Islam & Christianity
Iran	Tehran	Rial	Persian (Farsi)	Islam
Iraq	Baghdad	Iraqi Dinar	Arabic (Official) Arabic	Judaism & Islam
Italy	Rome	Euro	Italian	Christianity
Jamaica	Kingston	Jamaican Dollar	English	Christianity
Japan	Tokyo	Yen	Japanese	Shintoism & Buddhism
Jordan	Amman	Jordan Dinar	Arabic	Islam
Kazakhstan	Almaty	Ruble	Kazakh Russian German	Islam
Kenya	Nairobi	Schilling	Swahili & Kikuio	Tribal & Christianity
Kiribati	Tarawa	Australian Dollar	Gilbertese and English	Christianity
Korea (N)	Pyongyong	Won	Korean	Buddhism & Confucianism
Korea (S)	Seoul	Won	Korean	Christianity & Confucianism
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Kuwait Dinar	Arabic & English	Islam
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Som	Kirghiz, Russian	Islam, Christianity
Laos	Vientiance	Kip	Lao and Tribal	Buddhism & Tribal
Lebanon	Beirut	Pound	Arabic	Islam & Christianity
Lesotho	Maseru	Loti	English & Sesotho	Christianity and Tribal
Liberia	Monrovia	Liberian Dollar	English & Tribal	Christianity & Islam
Libya	Tripoli	Libyan Dinar	Arabic	Islam
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Swiss Franc	German	Christianity
Luxembourg	Luxembourg Ville (Lutzelburg)	Euro	French & German	Christianity
Madagasear (Malagasy)	Antananarivo	Franc	Malagasy & French	Islam, Tribal and Christianity
Malawi	Lilongwe	Kwacha	English Chichewa	Tribal Islam
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Ringit	Malai & Chinese	Islam & Buddhism
Maldives	Male	Rufiyaa	Divchi	Islam
Mali	Vamako	Franc CFA	French & Bambara	Islam & Tribal
Malta	Valletta	Maltese Lira	Maltese & English	Christianity Tribal & Islam
Marshal Islands	Dalap-Uliga-Darrit	Dollar	Marshalese English & Japanese	Christianity
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Ouguiya	Arabic & French	Islam
Mauritius	Port Louis	Rupee	English, French & Hindustani	Hinduism & Christianity
Mexico	Mexico City	Peso	Spanish Amerindian Language	Christianity
Micronesia	Kolonia	US Dollar	English	Christianity
Monaco	Monaco-Ville	Franc	French & Monegasque	Christianity
Mongolia	Ulan Bato	Tugrik	Mongolian	Lamaistse & Buddhism
Montserrat	Plymouth	E.C.Dollar	English	Christianity
Morocco	Rabat	Dirham	Arabic & Berbar	Islam
Mozambique	Maputo	Metical	Portuguese & Bantu	Islam Christianity
Myanmar	Yangoon	Kyat	Burmese & Tribal	Buddhism
Namibia	Windhoek	Rand	English & Afrikaans	Christianity
Nauru	Yarin	Australian Dollar	English & Nauruan	Christianity
Nepal	Kathmandu	Nepalese Rupee	Nepali	Hinduism & Buddhism
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Euro	Duch	Christianity
New Zealand	Wellington	Newzealand Dollar	English & Maori
Nicaragua	Managua	Cordoba	Spanish & English	Christianity
Niger	Niamey	Franc	French & Djerma	Islam and Tribal
Nigeria	Abuja	Naira	English Hausa Ibo & Yoruba	Islam, Christianity & Tribal
Norway	Oslo	Kroner	Norwegian	Christianity
Oman	Muscat	Rial Omani	Arabic	Islam
Pakistan	Islamabad	Rupee	Urdu, Sindhi & Punjabi	Islam
Papua New Guinea	Port Morseby	Kina	Melanesian Papuan	Christianity
Parguay	Asuncion	Guarani	Spanish & Guarani	Christianity
Peru	Lima	Sol	Spanish & English	Christianity
Philippines	Manila	Peso	Filipino & English	Christianity and Islam
Poland	Warsaw	Zloty	Polish	Christianity
Portugal	Lisbon	Euro	Portuguese	Christianity
Puerto Rico	San Juan	Dollar	Spanish & English	Christianity
Qatar	Doha	Riyal	Arabic & English	Islam
Romania	Bucharest	Leu Rwanda	Romanian & Hungarian	Christianity
Russia	Moscow	Rouble	Russian	Christianity
Rwanda	Kilgali	Franc	French & Kinyarwanda	Tribal & Islam
Samoa (Western)	Apia	Tala	Samoan & English	Christianity
San Marino	San Marino	Italian Lira	Italian	Christianity
Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome	Dobra	Portuguese, Native dialects	Christianity
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Saudi Rial	Arabic	Islam
Senegal	Dakar	Franc	French & Native tongues	Islam, Tribal
Seychelles	Victoria	Rupee	Creole & French	Christianity
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Leone	English & Tribal	Islam, Christianity & Tribal
Singapore	Singapore City	Singapore Dollar	Malay & Chinese	Buddhism and Islam
Slovakia	Bratislava	Koruna	Slovak & Magyam	Christianity & Jews
Slovenia	Ljublijana	Tolar	Slovenian & Serbo-Croatian	Christianity
Solomon	Honiara	Solomon Dollar	English & Pidgin	Christianity
Somalia	Mogadishu	Schilling	Somali & English	Islam
South Africa	Cape Town	Rand	Afrikaans & English	Christianity
Spain	Madrid	Euro	Spanish	Christianity
Sri Lanka	Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte	Rupee	Sinhala & Tamil	Buddhism & Hinduism
St. Kitts Nevis	Basseterre	E.C.Dollar	English & Patois	Christianity
St.Lucia	Castries	E.C.Dollar	English & French Patois	Christianity
St.Vincent and Grena Dines	Kingstown	E.C.Dollar	English French Patois	Christianity
Sudan	Khartoum	Sudanese Pound	Arabic & English	Islam, Christianity & Tribal
Suriname	Parmaribo	Guilder	Dutch & English	Islam & Christianity
Swaziland	Mbabane	Lilangeni	English & Swazi	Christianity and Tribal
Sweden	Stockholm	Krona	Swedish	Christianity
Switzerland	Berne	Swizz Frank	German, French, Italian & Roman	Christianity
Syria	Damascus	Syrian Pound	Arabic & Kurdish	Islam
Taiwan	Taipei	New Taiwan Dollar	Mandarin Chinese	Buddhism & Confucianism
Tanzania	Dodoma	Schilling	Kiswahili & English	Christianity & Islam
Thailand	Bangkok	Baht	Thai, Chinese & English	Buddhism
Togo	Lome	Franc	French (official) & Tribal	Christianity, Tribal & Islam
Tonga	Nuku alofa	pa'anga	English & Tongon	Christianity
Trinidad & Tobago	Port-of-Spain	Trinitob Dollar	English	Christianity
Tunisia	Tunis	Dinar	Arabic (official) & French	Islam
Turkey	Ankara	Turkesh Lira	Turkish & Arabic	Islam
Turkmenistan	Ashkhabad	Manat & Rouble	Turkme & Russian	Islam
Tuvalu	Funafuti	Australian Dollar	Tuvaluan & English	Christianity
U.A.E.	Abu Dhabi	Dirham	Arabic	Islam
U.S.A.	Washington	Dollar	English	Christianity
Uganda	Kampala	Uganda Shilling	English & Luganda	Tribal and Islam
Ukraine	Kiev	Karbovanets	Ukrainian, Russian	Christianity and Islam
United Kindom	London	Euro	English, Welsh & Scots	Christianity
Uruguay	Montevideo	Nuevo Peso	Spanish	Christianity
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Ruble & Som	Uzbem & Russian	Islam
Vanuatu	Villa	Vatu	English & Pidgin	Christianity
Vatican City	Vatican City	Lira	Italian & Latin	Christianity
Venezuela	Caracas	Bolivar	Spanish	Christianity
Vietnam	Hanoi	Dong	Vietnamese	Buddhism & Taoism
Volta	Ouagadougou	Franc	French & Native Languages	Tribal & Islam
Yemen (N)	Sana'a	Rial & Dinar	Arabic	Islam
yugoslavia	Belgrade	Dinar	Serbocroatian	Christianity
Zaire	Kinshasa	Zaire	French & Kiswahili	Christianity & Animism
Zambia	Lusaka	Kwacha	Bantu & English	Christianity & Islam
Zimbabwe	Harare	Dollar	English & Shona	Tribal & Christianity

Micheline Calmy-Rey

 Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey (born 8 July 1945) is a Swiss politician who is head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs — i.e., the Swiss foreign minister. She has been a member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2003, and was President of the Confederation in 2007 and now in 2011.

Early Life and Education:
 Calmy-Rey was born in Sion in the canton of Valais to Charles and Adeline Rey. She received her diploma in 1963 in St. Maurice, and received a DEA degree in political science at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, in 1968. In 1966 she married André Calmy. They have two children.

 Career:
From 1981-1997 Calmy-Rey served as a representative in the Grand Conseil of the canton of Geneva as a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSS/SPS), and served as president of the assembly during 1992-1993. She was president of the Geneva section of the party from 1986–1990 and again from 1993-1997. In 1997, Calmy-Rey was elected to the Conseil d'Etat of Geneva. In 2001 she became head of the Finance Department and president of the Conseil d'Etat.
She was elected on 4 December 2002 to the Federal Council, heading the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Calmy-Rey is the fourth woman elected to the Federal Council in history. On 7 December 2005 she was elected Vice-President of Switzerland, a post she held for the calendar year of 2006.
Calmy-Rey is supportive of Switzerland becoming a member of the European Union.
Ms Calmy-Rey is an Eminent Member of the Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation.

Presidency:
On 1 January 2007 she became the second female President of the Confederation in history, the first having been her predecessor on the Federal Council, Ruth Dreifuss. She was elected as President on 13 December 2006 by 147 votes. However, by Swiss tradition, it was a foregone conclusion she would be elected. She had been the longest-serving councillor not to have been President, and had served as Vice-President for 2006.
As President of the Confederation, she presided over meetings of the Federal Council and carried out certain representative functions that would normally be handled by a head of state in other democracies, (though in Switzerland, the Federal Council as a whole is regarded as the head of state). She was also the highest-ranking official in the Swiss order of precedence, and had the power to act on behalf of the whole Council in emergency situations. However, in most cases she was merely primus inter pares, with no power above and beyond her six colleagues.
She had already handled most official visits abroad since being elected to the Federal Council; the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs traditionally carries out such visits.
Calmy-Rey was chosen as vice president for 2010, serving alongside Doris Leuthard. On 8 December 2010 she was chosen, for the second time, as President for 2011 (by 106 votes on 189, i.e. the worst result in Swiss history on such issues) --the first time two women will have held the post in succession.
 Calmy-Rey is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an International network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilize the highest-level women leaders globally for collective action on issues of critical importance to women and equitable development.

 Gas controversy and trade relations with Iran:
Calmy-Rey was widely criticised for putting on a headscarf to meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 19 March 2008. Her appearance together with the Iranian leader sparked immediate negative reactions: Socialist MP Maria Roth-Bernasconi said it was "irritating that she had angered feminists in Iran". Calmy-Rey said in her defence that she was "observing protocol"
Calmy-Rey also prompted controversy by attending the signing of a multi-billion dollar natural gas deal of a Swiss energy supply company with Iran. The United States had complained that Switzerland was sending the wrong message when Tehran was subject to UN sanctions. Calmy-Rey pointed out that gas exports were not subject to the UN sanctions. Both the Israeli government and US-based Jewish groups criticised the deal