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


2. Croatia Category: Transnational Issues - Disputes - international: dispute remains with Bosnia and Herzegovina over several small disputed sections of the boundary related to maritime access that hinders ratification of the 1999 border agreement; the Croatia-Slovenia land and maritime boundary agreement, which would have ceded most of Pirin Bay and maritime access to Slovenia and several villages to Croatia, remains un-ratified and in dispute; Slovenia also protests Croatia's 2003 claim to an exclusive economic zone in the Adriatic; as a European Union peripheral state, Slovenia imposed a hard border Schengen regime with non-member Croatia in December 2007


3. Jamaica Category: Government - Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Anthony JOHNSON; chancery: 1520 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036; telephone: [1] (202) 452-0660; FAX: [1] (202) 452-0081; consulate(s) general: Miami, New York


4. Cocos (Keeling) Islands Category: People - Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births): total: NA; male: NA; female: NA (2008 estimate)


5. Guinea Category: Government - Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Mory Karamoko KABA; chancery: 2112 Leroy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008; telephone: [1] (202) 483-9420; FAX: [1] (202) 483-8688

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1. Nigeria Category: Economy - Industries: crude oil, coal, tin, columbite; palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood; hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel, small commercial ship construction and repair


2. Paracel Islands Category: Geography - Area - comparative: NA


3. Trinidad and Tobago Category: People - Religions (%): Roman Catholic 26%, Hindu 22.5%, Anglican 7.8%, Baptist 7.2%, Pentecostal 6.8%, Muslim 5.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4%, other Christian 5.8%, other 10.8%, unspecified 1.4%, none 1.9% (2000 census)


4. Malaysia Category: Geography - Total renewable water resources (cu km): 580 cu km (1999)


5. Syria Category: Government - Political parties and leaders: legal parties: National Progressive Front or NPF [President Bashar al-ASAD, Dr. Suleiman QADDAH] (includes Arab Socialist Renaissance (Ba'th) Party [President Bashar al-ASAD]; Socialist Unionist Democratic Party [Fadlallah Nasr Al-DIN]; Syrian Arab Socialist Union or ASU [Safwan QUDSI]; Syrian Communist Party (two branches) [Wissal Farha BAKDASH, Yusuf Rashid FAYSAL]; Syrian Social Nationalist Party [Ali QANSU]; Unionist Socialist Party [Fayez ISMAIL]); opposition parties not legally recognized:: Arab Democratic Socialist Union Party [Hasan Abdul AZIM]; Arab Socialist Movement; Democratic Ba'th Party [Ibrahim MAHKOS]; People's Democratic Party [Riad al TURK]; Revolutionary Workers' Party [Abdul Hafeez al HAFEZ]; Kurdish parties (considered illegal): Kurdish Democratic Front [Abdul Hamid DARWISH] (includes four parties); Kurdish Coordination [Abdul Hakim BASHAR] (includes Azadi Party [Kheirudin MURAD], Future Party [Masha'l TAMMO], Yekity Party [Hasam SALE]); other parties: Nahda Party [Abdul Aziz al MISLET]; Syrian Democratic Party [Mustafa QALAAJI]

1. China Category: Military - Military expenditures (% of GDP): 4.3% of GDP (2006)


2. Solomon Islands Category: Economy - Oil - imports (bbl/day): 1,426 bbl/day (2005)


3. Bermuda Category: People - Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population): 2.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 estimate)


4. Holy See (Vatican City) Category: Government - Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Pietro SAMBI; chancery: 3339 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008; telephone: [1] (202) 333-7121; FAX: [1] (202) 337-4036


5. Lesotho Category: Communications - Telephones - main lines in use: 53,100 (2006)