General Issues
When did your country join the UN?
Germany: 1973
Spain: 1955
Saudi Arabia: 1945
Pakistan: 1947
Somalia: 1960
What is the unemployment rate in your country?
Germany: 4.5%
Spain: 16%
Saudi Arabia: 9%
Pakistan: 4.1%
Somalia: 11.4%
What are the main religions in your country?
Germany: Christianity, Islam
Spain: Christianity
Saudi Arabia: Islam
Pakistan: Islam
Somalia: Islam
What your country's total population?
Germany: 83.02 million
Spain: 46.94 million
Saudi Arabia: 33.7 million
Pakistan: 212.2 million
Somalia: 15.01 million
What are some countries that have allied themselves with you?
Germany: US, Britain, Netherlands.
Spain: France, US, England.
Saudi Arabia: China, UAE, Turkey.
Pakistan: China, Turkey, Malaysia.
Somalia: US, Turkey, Kenya, Ethiopia.
What are the main imports of your country?
Germany: Pharmaceutical products, electrical machinery, foodstuffs.
Spain: Crude petroleum, cars & vehicle parts, packaged medications.
Saudi Arabia: Cars, broadcasting equipment, refined petroleum, gold, packaged medications.
Pakistan: Machinery, mineral fuels, organic chemicals.
Somalia: Tobacco, foodstuffs, broadcasting equipment.
What type of government is your country? What does it mean?
Germany: Democratic, federal parliamentary republic
Spain: Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Saudi Arabia: Monarchy
Pakistan: Federal parliamentary republic
Somalia: Federal parliamentary republic
What is your country's infant mortality rate?
Germany: about 3.2 deaths per 1,000 live births
Spain: about 2.6 deaths per 1,000 live births
Saudi Arabia: about 5.7 deaths per 1,000 live births
Pakistan: about 55.7 deaths per 1,000 live births
Somalia: about 74 deaths per 1,000 live births
Who is your country's chief of state?
Germany: Chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Spain: Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
Saudi Arabia: King Salman bin Aldulaziz Al Saud
Pakistan: President Arif Alvi
Somalia: President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo
What are the main exports of your country?
Germany: Cars & Vehicle Parts, Crude Petroleum, Packaged Medications.
Spain: Olive oil, cars, citrus, gold, refined petroleum.
Saudi Arabia: Mineral fuels, all the petroleums, plastics, aluminium, gold.
Pakistan: Linens, chemicals, rugs.
Somalia: Sheep & Goats, Gold, Bovine, Insect Resins, Molluscs.
What is the literacy rate?
Germany: ~99.00%
Spain: ~98.44%
Saudi Arabia: 95.33%
Pakistan: ~59.13%
Somalia: ~37.8%
What is your country's life expectancy?
Germany: 80.99 years
Spain: 83.33 years
Saudi Arabia: 74.87 years
Pakistan: 66.95 years
Somalia: 56.71 years
What is one transnational issue your country is involved in?
Germany: produces some of the chemical starters for drugs, dealing with incoming refugees.
Spain: disputes of territory with Portugal and Morocco, illicit drug trade into Europe often goes through Spain.
Saudi Arabia: accepted refugees from Yemen, Palestine, tier 2 for human trafficking, treatment of journalists.
Pakistan: territory in Kashmir is occupied by Pakistan, India, and China, on the Tier 2 watchlist for human trafficking.
Somalia: Islamic rebel groups in the south were invaded by Ethiopian forces and the border continues to be disputed, UN missions in Somalia regarding peace-building.
What is the breakdown of economic fields (services, industry, agriculture)?
Germany: services (68.6%), industry (30.7%), agriculture (0.7).
Spain: services (74.2%), industry (23.2%), agriculture (2.6%)
Saudi Arabia: services (53.2%), industry (44.2%), agriculture (2.6%)
Pakistan:agriculture (42.3%), services (35.1%), industry (22.6%).
Somalia: agriculture (71%), industry and services (29%).
What is the population age makeup?
Germany: <24 (22.7%), 24-64 (54.32%), >65 (22.99%)
Spain:<24 (24.92%), 24-64 (56.6%), >65 (18.49%)
Saudi Arabia: <24 (40.22%), 24-64 (56.15%), >65 (3.63%)
Pakistan: <24 (55.31%), 24-64 (40.25%), >65 (4.44%)
Somalia: <24 (62.19%), 24-64 (35.54%), >65 (2.27%)
What's one fun fact about your country?
Germany: a majority of highways don't have a speed limit, university is free, the Easter Bunny originated in Germany, they have the world's tallest church.
Spain: the national anthem has no words, nudity is legal, Madrid (the capital) is in the literal center of Spain.
Saudi Arabia: largest sand desert on Earth, tallest water fountain, Harry Potter books are banned, roughly 100 camels are sold each day.
Pakistan: world's highest paved road, largest contiguous irrigation system, had the first female leader of a Muslim-majority country.
Somalia: pirates!!! no minimum wage, longest coastline in African mainland, famous rock painting.
How is your country involved in the UN? What issues are they advocating for?
Germany: focused on environmentalist action, second largest budget contributor overall.
Spain: focused on the protection of citizens in peace-keeping UN missions, improving transparency and accountability.
Saudi Arabia: terrorism and extremism, political solution in Yemen.
Pakistan: demands solution to the Kashmir dispute between India.
Somalia: the UN has been involved in peace-keeping missions in Somalia since 1991, is receiving help restabilizing their government and economy.
Describe one economic issue in your country.
Germany: aging society means smaller labor force and increased burden on social security programs.
Spain: recovering from a housing bubble and recession in 2008-2014, lack of labor freedom, overambitious government spending.
Saudi Arabia: crash in demand for oil, expensive military, increased taxes upsetting the lower class.
Pakistan: widespread corruption, high tariffs, inadequate protection of property rights.
Somalia: mass poverty, lack of economic growth and employment, droughts and famine require importation.
Describe one social/political issue in your country.
Germany: facing a change in government.
Spain: Catalan independence movement, child poverty, domestic violence.
Saudi Arabia: social liberalization and modernization, human rights abuses.
Pakistan: freedom of speech & religion, terrorism, illiteracy.
Somalia: Third largest country in terms of refugees, two decades of civil war following the fall of the SIAD regime, extremely low primary education and youth employment.