Official Name: Tai-wan
Population: 22,256,000
Capital: Taipei - Pop. 6,600,000
Area: 36,188 sq. km. / 22,486 sq. miles.
Language: Taiwanese
Religion: Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity
Status of Homosexuality: Legal
Telephone Country Code: 57
The Republic of China has a dynamic capitalist, export-driven economy with gradually decreasing state involvement in investment and foreign trade. The trade surplus is substantial, and foreign reserves are the world's fifth largest as December 2007. Taiwan's current GDP per capita is equal to the average of EU Countries. Taiwan is one of Asia's most progressive countries as far as gay rights are concerned, not only since the government's plan to introduce same-sex marriage in 2003. Taiwan is also described as the most liberal after almost 15,000 attended the Taiwan Pride parade 2007, making it the largest LGBT event in Asia.
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