11.   Indeed the Swedish parliament has had to pass a special law allowing it to close private entities that are operating legally and according to their licenses.

12.   Major fishing nations like Japan, Spain, France and South Korea signed the treaty at the United Nations but their respective parliaments have yet to ratify it.

13.   Next month, parliament has to decide whether to back a referendum proposal to begin negotiations to join.

14.   Parliament now has six months to reconsider the issue.

15.   Parliament has several openly gay members, some of whom have been Cabinet ministers.

16.   Parliament would have to amend a law to allow a female heir to ascend the throne, which has not happened in two centuries.

17.   Parliament would have to pass a new law before a woman could become emperor, but if that happened, then there would be potential long-term heirs.

18.   Parliament has three months to vote again.

19.   Public opinion polls suggest that a companion ballot question on whether a Scottish parliament should have minimal tax-raising powers will also pass.

20.   Some of their leaders want an election, even though the current parliament still has three years to run.