Our country has become a completely modern market economy. It is characterised by high-tech agriculture, the up-to-date industry and an extensive government welfare measures. Other features include very good living and standards, as well as high dependence on their foreign trade. We export food and the energy and have a comfortable balance of payments surplus. The government has reduced so the formerly high unemployment rate and maintained low inflation and a stable currency. It has also lowered income tax rates and raised environmental taxes. In this way so it has been able to maintain overall but tax revenues. Finally, in order to deal with long-term demographic changes which could reduce the labour force, the government it has introduced a number of labour market reforms. __________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________