Government and Economy
The government type is a federal parliamentary republic. The chief of State is President Bidhya Devi Bhandari. The head of government is Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli. 20 percent of Nepal is cultivated. Nepal’s main exports are tea, plastic, textile, carpets, and beverage. Nepal’s main imports are gold, apparel, fuel, steel and iron, equipment and machinery. The average size farm is 7 hectares. That is about 1.73 acres, which is a little bigger than a football field(1.32 acres.). The climate varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in the south. The geography is flat river plain of the Ganges in the south and a central hill region with the Himalayan mountains in the north.
The average size of a family in Nepal is 4.6 people. In their households, there is no flowing water in most places. Unless you are in a public place, offices or hotels, there is no flowing water. You have to collect water from a public well or your own well. There are no toilets. Most of the time it is just a hole in the ground. There are government issued power cuts. The electricity in Nepal is limited and to help make cutbacks they will have no power for extended times in the day. No heat, homes are bitterly cold, people sleep with and wear jackets inside. Most of the time there are big gaps between the window frames and the walls and it becomes bitterly cold at night. Most children endure colds in Nepal because of the lack of sufficient heat in homes. Most walk around barefoot or in sandals.
Families, Earnings and Education
Nepal people like tradition and do not tend to fall away from it, because of this their diet does not change much if at all. The main three things which are eaten within families are Lentils, Rice and Curried vegetable. Two of those three things are eaten twice a day. Families grow and raise most of the food themselves. They eat what they grow and if they have a harsh year growing things then their meals will reflect the bad year. The recent earthquake of 2015 has affected it and is still continuing to affect it.
Seventy-six percent of the workforce in Nepal is employed in agriculture. Most of that percentage is working for sustenance, instead of profit or export. They earn about 28,756.000 Nepalese Rupee. That is 250.72 dollars in American currency. Education is also improving in Nepal. The literacy and enrolment rates are getting better slowly but steadily but not may complete schooling all the way through. When the children are able to help at home and with the farm that is when they will stop going to school.
Healthcare
There is both public and private healthcare service in Nepal. The best can be found in the bigger cities, and emergencies are often transported to the capital city. Only 61.8% of the Nepalese households have access to health facilities within 30 min. While healthcare in Nepal is improving, illnesses and disease like diarrhea, tuberculosis and even leprosy are still common in rural parts of the country. Malnutrition is also a problem for the Nepalese, with just under half of children under the age of five are considered stunted.
