1. Israel Category: Economy - Currency (code): new Israeli shekel (ILS); note - NIS is the currency abbreviation; ILS is the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) code for the NIS


2. Pacific Ocean Category: Geography - Area - comparative: about 15 times the size of the US; covers about 28% of the global surface; larger than the total land area of the world


3. Jamaica Category: Economy - GDP (purchasing power parity): .57 billion (2008 estimate)


4. Libya Category: Military - Military service age and obligation (years of age): 17 years of age (2004)


5. Kazakhstan Category: Geography - Geographic coordinates: 48 00 N, 68 00 E

Equatorial Guinea Facts Info Stuff (GQ):

1. Europa Island Category: Government - Country name: conventional long form: none; conventional short form: Europa Island; local long form: none; local short form: Ile Europa


2. Wake Island Category: Government - Legal system: the laws of the US, where applicable, apply


3. Monaco Category: Economy - Household income or consumption by percentage share (%): lowest 10%: NA%; highest 10%: NA%


4. Suriname Category: Geography - Geography - note: smallest independent country on South American continent; mostly tropical rain forest; great diversity of flora and fauna that, for the most part, is increasingly threatened by new development; relatively small population, mostly along the coast


5. Cuba Category: Government - Political parties and leaders: Cuban Communist Party or PCC [Fidel CASTRO Ruz, first secretary]

1. Costa Rica Category: Economy - Labor force: 1.957 million; note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2008 estimate)


2. Mauritania Category: Transnational Issues - Disputes - international: Mauritanian claims to Western Sahara remain dormant


3. Aruba Category: Economy - Imports - commodities (%): machinery and electrical equipment, crude oil for refining and reexport, chemicals; foodstuffs


4. Djibouti Category: People - HIV/AIDS - deaths: 690 (2003 estimate)


5. Saint Lucia Category: Economy - Debt - external: 7 million (2004)