Baréin, is an insular country placed near the coast west of the gulf Pérsico. It is an archipelago which major island, Baréin, has 55 km from length per 18 km from width. In the western part one finds Saudi Arabia, country to which it is connected by a bridge of 26 km called Causeway of the King Fahd. To the south-east one finds the peninsula of Looking, country from which Baréin's gulf separates it and for which it hopes that in a not very distant future a bridge communicates it. In 2010 the population of Baréin was of 1 234 571, of that approximately the half they were foreign.
Baréin is a hereditary monarchy under the mandate of the family Al Khalifa. The King is the Chief of State and the Prime minister is A Chief of the Government. Both positions are occupied by members of the family Al Khalifa, with the king Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah and the Prime minister, his uncle Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. Both govern under the consultation of his secretaries.
