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TheRepublicofIrelandisasovereignstateinWesternEurope,occupyingaboutfive-sixthsoftheislandorIreland.ThecapitalandlargestcityisDublin,whosemetropolitanareaishometoaroundatmrdorthecountry’s4.0millioninhabitants.i’hestatesharesitsonlvlandborderwithNorthernIreland.Itisaunitary,parliamentaryrepublicwithanelectedpresidentservingasheadofstate.Theheadofgovernmentisnominatedbythelowerhouseofparliament.
FollowingtheIrishWarofIndependenceandthesubsequentAnglo-IrishTreaty,IrelandgainedindependencefromtheUnitedKingdomin1922.Initiallyadominion,IrelandreceivedofficialBritishrecognitionoffulllegislativeindependenceintheStatuteofWestminsterof1931.Anewconstitutionwasadoptedin1937,bywhichthenameofthestatebecame“Ireland”In1949,IrelandwasdeclaredarepublicundertheRepublicofIrelandact1948.
IrelandranksamongthewealthiestcountriesintheworldintermsofGDPpercapita.In1973,Irelandenactedaseriesofliberaleconomicpoliciesthatresultedinrapideconomicgrowth,coupledwithadramaticriseininequality.Thecountryachievedconsiderableprosperityfrom1995to2007.Thiswashaltedbyanunprecedentedfinancialcrisisthatbeganin2008,inconjunctionwiththeconcurrentglobaleconomiccrash.
In2011and2013Irelandwasrankedastheseventh-mostdevelopedcountryintheworldbytheUnitedNationsHumanDevelopmentIndex.Italsoperformswellinseveralmetricsofnationalperformance,includingfreedomofthepress,economicfreedomandcivilliberties.Itpursuesapolicyofneutralitythroughnon-alignment.
ThepopulationofIrelandstoodat4,588,252in2011,anincreaseof8.2percentsince2006.Asof2011,IrelandhadthehighestbirthrateintheEuropeanUnion(16birthsper1,000ofpopulation).In2012,35.1percentofbirthsweretounmarri