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Government
Long-form name: Bailiwick of Jersey.
Type: British crown dependency.
Capital: Saint Helier.
Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency).
Independence: none (British crown dependency).
Constitution: unwritten; partly statutes, partly common
law and practice.
Legal system: English law and local statute.
National holiday: Liberation Day, 9 May (1945).
Executive branch: British monarch, lieutenant governor, bailiff.
Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the States.
Judicial branch: Royal Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952);
Head of Government--Lieutenant Governor Adm. Sir William
PILLAR (since NA 1985); Bailiff Peter CRILL (since NA).
Political parties and leaders: none; all independents.
Suffrage: universal adult at age NA.
Elections: Assembly of the States--last held NA (next to
be held NA); results--percent of vote NA; seats--(56 total,
52 elected) 52 independents.
Communists: probably none.
Diplomatic representation: none (British crown dependency).
Flag: white with the diagonal red cross of St. Patrick (patron
saint of Ireland) extending to the corners of the flag.