1. Dominican Republic Category: Government - Flag description: a centered white cross that extends to the edges divides the flag into four rectangles - the top ones are blue (hoist side) and red, and the bottom ones are red (hoist side) and blue; a small coat of arms featuring a shield supported by an olive branch (left) and a palm branch (right) is at the center of the cross; above the shield a blue ribbon displays the motto, DIOS, PATRIA, LIBERTAD (God, Fatherland, Liberty), and below the shield, REPUBLICA DOMINICANA appears on a red ribbon


2. Botswana Category: Geography - Coastline (km): 0 km (landlocked)


3. Bermuda Category: Government - Political parties and leaders: Progressive Labor Party or PLP [Ewart BROWN]; United Bermuda Party or UBP [Kim SWAN]


4. Christmas Island Category: People - Ethnic groups (%): Chinese 70%, European 20%, Malay 10%; note: no indigenous population (2001)


5. Gaza Strip Category: Economy - Exports - partners (%): Israel, Egypt, West Bank (2006)

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1. Marshall Islands Category: Economy - Industries: copra, tuna processing, tourism, craft items (from seashells, wood, and pearls)


2. Lesotho Category: People - Population: 2,128,180; note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 estimate)


3. Peru Category: Economy - GDP (official exchange rate): 1.4 billion (2008 estimate)


4. Sri Lanka Category: Geography - Geography - note: strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes


5. Honduras Category: Government - Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with five blue, five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band; the stars represent the members of the former Federal Republic of Central America - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which features a triangle encircled by the word REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom, centered in the white band

1. Netherlands Category: People - Birth rate (births/1,000 population): 10.53 births/1,000 population (2008 estimate)


2. Juan de Nova Island Category: Geography - Location: Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique


3. Turkmenistan Category: Geography - Elevation extremes (m): lowest point: Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m; note - Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m); highest point: Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m


4. Mongolia Category: People - HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: fewer than 500 (2003 estimate)


5. Belarus Category: People - Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population): 0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 estimate)