Ba'ath

People's Democratic Socialist Arab Republic of Ba'ath أَلْجُمْهُورِيَّةِ الْبَعْثِيَّهُ اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ الدِّيمُقْرَاطِيَّةُ الشَّعْبِيَّةُ الِاشْتِرَاكِيَّةُ (Arabic) Al-Jumhūrīyah al-Baʻthiyah al-ʻArabīyah al-Dīmuqrāṭīyah al-shaʻbīyah al-Ishtirākīyah
Flag Emblem
Motto: مَــوطِــنِــي (Arabic) My homeland
Anthem:  أرض الفراتين "Arḍ ul-Furātayn"
Capital	Madina-l-Huseyn
Official languages	Arabic
Religion	98.4% Islam 1.3% Christianity 0.1% Jewish and others
Demonym(s)	Ba'athist
Government	Unitary Ba'athist one-party socialist confederation
• Eternal Leader	Saddam Hussein
Area
• Total	641,315 km2 (247,613 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate	73,547,003

Ba'ath is a state located in the Middle East renowned for its frequent executions, public floggings and ethnic cleansing.

Climate data for Madina-l-Huseyn

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	25.1 (77.2)	28.4 (83.1)	34.4 (93.9)	40.6 (105.1)	47.5 (117.5)	52.2 (126.0)	53.6 (128.5)	53.8 (128.8)	43.4 (110.1)	38.9 (102.0)	27.0 (80.6)	26.5 (79.7)	39.3 (102.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	15.8 (60.4)	18.4 (65.1)	23.6 (74.5)	29.6 (85.3)	36.2 (97.2)	40.8 (105.4)	42.7 (108.9)	42.8 (109.0)	35.0 (95.0)	30.1 (86.2)	20.2 (68.4)	17.3 (63.1)	29.4 (84.9)
Average low °C (°F)	6.5 (43.7)	8.4 (47.1)	12.8 (55.0)	18.6 (65.5)	24.8 (76.6)	29.3 (84.7)	31.8 (89.2)	31.8 (89.2)	26.7 (80.1)	21.3 (70.3)	13.4 (56.1)	8.1 (46.6)	19.5 (67.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	11 (0.4)	16 (0.6)	19 (0.7)	22 (0.9)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0.1)	3 (0.1)	3 (0.1)	76 (2.9)

Government and Politics

Since July 18, 1964 Ba'ath (formerly Iraq, Cyria and Kudayt) is governed by a sole-legal party, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, the one that the country is named after. The Executive branch is dualist, led by the Prime Minister and the President simultaneously. The Ba'ath Party chairman position is posthumous wielded by Saddam Hussein, who led the country until his death in 2003.