Poland
Poland:
United States:
Title of leader: Stanislaw
Wojciechowski
Title of leader: President of the United
States
Name of current leader: Bronislaw
Komorowski
Name of current leader: Barack Obama
Elected or Appointed: Elected
Elected or Appointed: Appointed
Length of term: 4 years
Length of term: 5 years
Background/Qualifications required:
Engineering degree or equivalent,
preferably in mechanical, electrical,
power systems, systems or industrial
engineering, English language fluency,
additional languages and plus,
demonstrated interest in sales and the
energy industry, geographic mobility.
Background/Qualifications required:
natural born citizen of the U.S, at least 35
years of age, been a permanent resident in
the U.S. for at least 14 years, no person
can be elected twice.
Poland:
United States:
Name of their lawmaking
body: National Assembly
Name of their lawmaking
body: Legislative Branch
Bicameral or unicameral
structure: Bicameral
structure
Bicameral or unicameral
structure: Bicameral
structure
How many people:
100,000
How many people: 60
Poland:
United States:
Do they have Freedom of
Speech/Press?: yes
Do they have Freedom of
Speech/Press?: yes
Do they have Freedom of
Religion?: yes
Do they have Freedom of Religion?:
yes
Do they have the right to bear
arms?: no
Do they have the right to bear
arms?: yes
Poland:
Does this country have a two
party system, a one party
system, or a multiparty system?:
multiparty system
What are the names?: peoples
party for freedom and
democracy, labor party, party for
freedom, socialist party,
Christian democratic appeal,
democrats 66, Christian union,
GreenLeft, reformed political
party, party for animals,50Plus,
independent senate group
What are the key beliefs?:
circles, crossroads, divination,
fire flowers, magic belt of Poland
What are the symbols of the
major political parties in this
county?: elephant, lotus, ears of
corn and sickle, hammer sickle
and star, hand.
United States:
Does this country have a two party
system, a one party system, or a
multiparty system?: two party
system
What are the names?: Democrats
and Republicans
What are the key beliefs?: It makes
political life easier when we don’t
have to bother with nuance, allow
third party systems to stick around
for a while to give us something to
speculate about between the
political conventions on labor day.
What are the symbols of the major
political parties in this
county?:donkey and elephant
Poland:
United States:
What is the voting
age?: 18
What is the voting age?:
18
How often are
elections held in this
country?: every 6
years
How often are elections
held in this country?:
every 2 years
What types of
elections are held?:
local council
election, local mayor
election,
presidential
election, sejm
election, senate
election, European
parliament election
What types of elections
are held?: general
elections, primary
elections, municipal
elections, special elections
Poland:
United States:
Do they charge an income
tax?: yes
Do they charge an
income tax?: yes
What other specific ways
does this country’s
government make money?:
health services, hotels
What other specific ways
does this country’s
government make
money?: oil, trading
goods with other
countries
Compare this country’s
spending with what we
spend on the following:
Military: $9,149,000,000
Education: $14,440.60
Healthcare: $1,391
Compare this country’s
spending with what we
spend on the following:
Military:
$689,591,000,000
Education: $$820.6
Healthcare: $1,182
Poland:
United States:
Crime rates: 964
Crime rates:11,877,218
Prison population:
220
Prison population: 716
Punishments:139
Punishments: over
3,000
Court system: 117
judges and 140 staff
Court system:22
Current relationship between Poland and
the United States:
They have been very good and Poland is one of the most stable European allies
of the U.S