Editing Saint Kitts and Nevis (section)

== Politics ==
{{main|Politics of Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
[[File:Government House, Basseterre.jpg|thumb|right|[[Government House (Saint Kitts and Nevis)|Government House]], [[Basseterre]], is the official residence of the [[Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis]].]]
[[File:Saint Kitts and Nevis Government building 2.JPG|thumb|Government headquarters of Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
[[File:The Museum of Nevis History - Alexander Hamilton birthplace.jpg|thumb|The Nevis Island Assembly]]

Saint Kitts and Nevis is a sovereign, democratic, and federal state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pdba.georgetown.edu/constitutions/kitts/kitts83.html |title=Art. 1, Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitutional Order of 1983 |website=Pdba.georgetown.edu |access-date=8 July 2014 |archive-date=20 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820122204/http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Kitts/kitts83.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is a [[Commonwealth realm]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/commonwealth-and-overseas|title=Commonwealth and Overseas|website=The Royal Family|date=18 February 2016|access-date=11 August 2020|archive-date=8 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808055836/https://www.royal.uk/commonwealth-and-overseas|url-status=live}}</ref> a constitutional monarchy with the [[King of Saint Christopher and Nevis]], [[Charles III]], as its [[head of state]].<ref name="cia.gov"/> The King is represented in the country by a [[Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis|Governor-General]], who acts on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis|Prime Minister]] and the Cabinet. The Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party of the House, and the cabinet conducts affairs of state.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

St. Kitts and Nevis has a [[unicameral]] legislature, known as the [[National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis|National Assembly]]. It is composed of fourteen members: eleven elected representatives (three from the island of [[Nevis]]) and three senators, who are appointed by the [[Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis|Governor-General]].<ref name="cia.gov"/> Two of the senators are appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister, and one, on the advice of the leader of the opposition. Unlike in other countries, the senators do not constitute a separate [[senate]] or [[upper house]] of parliament, but sit in the National Assembly alongside representatives. All members serve five-year terms. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet answer to the Parliament. Nevis also maintains its own semi-autonomous [[Nevis Island Assembly|assembly]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leonard |first=Thomas M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gc2NAQAAQBAJ |title=Encyclopedia of the Developing World |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2013 |pages=1490–1491 |isbn=978-1-135-20508-9 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Foreign relations ===
{{Further|Foreign relations of Saint Kitts and Nevis}}

Saint Kitts and Nevis has no major international disputes. Saint Kitts and Nevis is a full and participating member of the [[Caribbean Community|Caribbean Community (CARICOM)]], the [[Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States]] (OECS), and the [[Organisation of American States]] (OAS).<ref name="cia.gov"/>

{{anchor|The Organisation of American States (OAS)}}

St Kitts & Nevis entered the OAS system on 16 September 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oas.org/en/member_states/member_state.asp?sCode=STL|title=OAS – Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development|last=OAS|date=1 August 2009|website=Oas.org|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-date=21 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321002823/https://www.oas.org/en/member_states/member_state.asp?sCode=STL|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Agreements which impact on financial relationships ===
{{anchor|The Double Taxation Relief (CARICOM) Treaty 1994}}

====Double Taxation Relief (CARICOM) Treaty 1994====
At a CARICOM meeting, representative of St. Kitts and Nevis Kennedy Simmons signed the Double Taxation Relief (CARICOM) Treaty 1994, on 6 July 1994.<ref name="ird.gov.tt">{{cite web|url=http://www.ird.gov.tt/Media/Default/IRDTreaties/DTT-Caricom--1994.pdf|title=Legal Supplement Part B – Vol. 33, No. 273 – 28th December, 1994 : LEGAL NOTICE NO. 232 : REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO THE INCOME TAX ACT, CHAP. 75:01 : ORDER MADE BY THE PRESIDENT UNDER SECTION 93(1) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT : THE DOUBLE TAXATION RELIEF (CARICOM) ORDER, 1994|website=Ird.gov.tt|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-date=7 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507154606/http://ird.gov.tt/Media/Default/IRDTreaties/DTT-Caricom--1994.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

The representatives of seven CARICOM countries signed similar agreements at Sherbourne Conference Centre, St. Michael, Barbados.<ref name="ird.gov.tt"/> The countries whose representatives signed the treaties in Barbados were: Antigua & Barbuda, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.<ref name="ird.gov.tt"/> This treaty covered income, residence, tax jurisdictions, capital gains, business profits, interest, dividends, royalties and other areas.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

====FATCA====
On 30 June 2014, St. Kitts and Nevis signed a Model 1 agreement with the United States of America in relation to [[Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act]] (FATCA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/treaties/Pages/FATCA.aspx|title=Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)|website=Treasury.gov|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113122755/https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/treaties/Pages/FATCA.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Military ===
{{Further|Saint Kitts and Nevis Defence Force}}
Saint Kitts and Nevis has a defence force of 300 personnel. It is mostly involved in policing and drug trade interception.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

=== Human rights ===
{{See also|LGBT rights in Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
Male [[homosexuality]] has been legal in St. Kitts and Nevis since 29 August 2022.<ref>{{cite news |first=Sherrylyn |last=Clarke |title=Eastern Caribbean court strikes down anti-buggery law |url=https://www.nationnews.com/2022/08/29/eastern-caribbean-court-strikes-anti-buggery-law/ |work=NationNews |date=29 August 2022 |access-date=14 September 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830131358/https://www.nationnews.com/2022/08/29/eastern-caribbean-court-strikes-anti-buggery-law/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2011, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis said it had "no mandate from the people" to abolish the criminalisation of homosexuality among consenting adults.<ref>{{Cite web|title=St. Kitts and Nevis has no mandate to repeal homosexuality laws|url=http://sflcn.com/story.php?id=9915|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716044619/http://sflcn.com/story.php?id=9915|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>

===Administrative divisions===
The federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis is divided into fourteen parishes, nine of them on Saint Kitts and five on Nevis.
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{{Map of Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Parishes of Saint Kitts and Nevis
!rowspan=2|Name
!rowspan=2|Capital
!rowspan=2|Area <br>(km<sup>2</sup>)
!colspan=4|Population<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stats.gov.kn/topics/demographic-social-statistics/population/parish-size-population-and-density-1991-2011/|title=Parish Size, Population and Density 1991-2011|date=16 July 2021 |publisher=Department of Statistics, Ministry of Sustainable Development |language= en| access-date=11 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Census Report For 2021-2022 | website=NIA - Nevis Island Administration | date=June 28, 2024 | url=https://nia.gov.kn/document/census-report-for-2021-2022/ | ref={{sfnref|NIA - Nevis Island Administration|2024}} | access-date=April 16, 2025}}</ref>
!rowspan=2|Population density <br>per km<sup>2</sup> (2022)
|-
!2022
!2011
!2001
!1991
|-
|[[Christ Church Nichola Town Parish|Christ Church Nichola Town]]
|[[Nichola Town]]
|17.97
|2,064
|1,922
|2,061
|1,664
|114.9
|-
|[[Saint Anne Sandy Point Parish|Saint Anne Sandy Point]]
|[[Sandy Point Town]]
|12.74
|2,969
|2,626
|3,167
|3,077
|233.0
|-
|[[Saint George Basseterre Parish|Saint George Basseterre]]
|[[Basseterre]]
|28.60
|13,652
|12,635
|13,251
|12,605
|477.3
|-
|[[Saint John Capisterre Parish|Saint John Capisterre]]
|[[Dieppe Bay Town]]
|24.25
|2,972
|2,962
|3,248
|2,936
|122.6
|-
|[[Saint Mary Cayon Parish|Saint Mary Cayon]]
|[[Cayon]]
|14.72
|3,341
|3,435
|3,423
|3,249
|227.0
|-
|[[Saint Paul Capisterre Parish|Saint Paul Capisterre]]
|[[Saint Paul Capisterre]]
|12.66
|2,468
|2,432
|2,453
|2,130
|194.9
|-
|[[Saint Peter Basseterre Parish|Saint Peter Basseterre]]
|[[Monkey Hill]]
|19.74
|5,667
|4,670
|3,541
|2,656
|287.1
|-
|[[Saint Thomas Middle Island Parish|Saint Thomas Middle Island]]
|[[Middle Island, Saint Kitts and Nevis|Middle Island]]
|23.55
|2,657
|2,535
|2,395
|2,257
|112.8
|-
|[[Trinity Palmetto Point Parish|Trinity Palmetto Point]]
|[[Trinity, Saint Kitts and Nevis|Trinity]]
|14.69
|2,348
|1,701
|1,678
|1,250
|159.8
|-
![[Saint Kitts]]
![[Basseterre]]
!168.92
!38,138
!34,918
!35,217
!31,824
!225.8
|-
|[[Saint George Gingerland Parish|Saint George Gingerland]]
|[[Market Shop, Saint Kitts and Nevis|Market Shop]]
|18.7
|2,323
|2,496
|2,564
|2,086
|124.2
|-
|[[Saint James Windward Parish|Saint James Windward]]
|[[Newcastle, Saint Kitts and Nevis|Newcastle]]
|31.5
|2,290
|2,038
|1,806
|1,493
|72.7
|-
|[[Saint John Figtree Parish|Saint John Figtree]]
|[[Figtree, Saint Kitts and Nevis|Figtree]]
|21.7
|4,416
|3,827
|2,901
|2,191
|203.5
|-
|[[Saint Paul Charlestown Parish|Saint Paul Charlestown]]
|[[Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis|Charlestown]]
|3.6
|1,888
|1,847
|1,790
|1,411
|524.4
|-
|[[Saint Thomas Lowland Parish|Saint Thomas Lowland]]
|[[Cotton Ground]]
|18.2
|2,265
|2,069
|2,047
|1,613
|124.5
|-
![[Nevis]]
![[Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis|Charlestown]]
!93.7
!13,182
!12,277
!11,108
!8,794
!140.7
|-
![[Saint Kitts and Nevis]] total
![[Basseterre]]
!262.62
!51,320
!47,195
!46,325
!40,618
!195.4
|}