51.   When a country has a persistent shortage of foreign exchange, two kinds of policy question arise.

52.   When the accountants finish their calculations, all countries have an overall balance of payments equal to zero.

53.   Yet most countries now have rules against insider dealing, not least because it can put outside investors off securities Markets.

54.   The country has huge economic problems.

55.   The country now has a democratic government for the first time.

56.   Most countries have systems of government that are relatively modern creations.

57.   Five countries have permanent seats on the UN Security Council but Germany and Japan, among others, are knocking on the door.

58.   No other European country had so few privately owned businesses.

59.   The change will mean that the country no longer has full diplomatic relations with other states.

60.   The country now had a sense of direction again.