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The
flag was based on the Russian flag of 1699, but
with green substituted for blue. Under communist
rule, a red star and other symbols were added, but
the old tricolor was reestablished on Nov. 27, 1990.
The white is for peace, love, and freedom; green
is for agriculture; and red is for the independence
struggle and military courage.
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Bulgaria
 
Official
name: Republika Bulgaria (Republic of
Bulgaria).
Form of government: unitary
multiparty republic with one legislative body (National
Assembly [240]).
Chief of state: President.
Head of government:
Prime Minister.
Population (1998):
8,273,000.
Population projection:
(2000) 8,179,000; (2010) 7,926,000.
Natural increase rate
per 1,000 population (1996): -5.4 (world avg. 15.7).
Land use (1995):
forested 30.2%; meadows and pastures 16.2%; agricultural
and under permanent cultivation 38.0%; other 15.6%.
Gross national product (1996):
U.S.$9,924,000,000 (U.S.$1,190 per capita).
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