1. Korea, South Category: People - Population: 48,379,392 (July 2008 estimate)


2. Iceland Category: Military - Manpower fit for military service: males age 16-49: 62,342 (2008 estimate)


3. Reunion Category: Economy - Economy - overview: The economy has traditionally been based on agriculture, but services now dominate. Sugarcane has been the primary crop for more than a century, and in some years it accounts for 85% of exports. The government has been pushing the development of a tourist industry to relieve high unemployment, which amounts to one-third of the labor force. The gap in Reunion between the well-off and the poor is extraordinary and accounts for the persistent social tensions. The white and Indian communities are substantially better off than other segments of the population, often approaching European standards, whereas minority groups suffer the poverty and unemployment typical of the poorer nations of the African continent. The outbreak of severe rioting in February 1991 illustrated the seriousness of socioeconomic tensions. The economic well-being of Reunion depends heavily on continued financial assistance from France.


4. Liechtenstein Category: Government - Executive branch: chief of state: Prince HANS ADAM II (since 13 November 1989, assumed executive powers 26 August 1984); Heir Apparent Prince ALOIS, son of the monarch (born 11 June 1968); note - on 15 August 2004, HANS ADAM transferred the official duties of the ruling prince to ALOIS, but HANS ADAM retains status of chief of state; head of government: Head of Government (Prime Minister) Otmar HASLER (since 5 April 2001); Deputy Head of Government (Deputy Prime Minister) Klaus TSCHUETSCHER (since 21 April 2005); cabinet: Cabinet elected by the Parliament, confirmed by the monarch; elections: the monarch is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party in the Landtag is usually appointed the head of government by the monarch and the leader of the largest minority party in the Landtag is usually appointed the deputy head of government by the monarch if there is a coalition government


5. Arctic Ocean Category: Geography - Terrain: central surface covered by a perennial drifting polar icepack that, on average, is about 3 meters thick, although pressure ridges may be three times that thickness; clockwise drift pattern in the Beaufort Gyral Stream, but nearly straight-line movement from the New Siberian Islands (Russia) to Denmark Strait (between Greenland and Iceland); the icepack is surrounded by open seas during the summer, but more than doubles in size during the winter and extends to the encircling landmasses; the ocean floor is about 50% continental shelf (highest percentage of any ocean) with the remainder a central basin interrupted by three submarine ridges (Alpha Cordillera, Nansen Cordillera, and Lomonosov Ridge)

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1. Bhutan Category: Economy - Economic aid - recipient: 1.2 million; note - substantial aid from India (2006)


2. Luxembourg Category: Communications - Internet country code: .lu


3. Malawi Category: Transportation - Railways (km): total: 797 km; narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)


4. Honduras Category: Government - Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Roberto FLORES Bermudez; chancery: Suite 4-M, 3007 Tilden Street NW, Washington, DC 20008; telephone: [1] (202) 966-7702; FAX: [1] (202) 966-9751; consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco; honorary consulate(s): Boston, Detroit, Jacksonville


5. Nauru Category: Military - Military - note: Nauru maintains no defense forces; under an informal agreement, defense is the responsibility of Australia

1. Wake Island Category: Geography - Land boundaries (km): 0 km


2. Iraq Category: Geography - Land use (%): arable land: 13.12%; permanent crops: 0.61%; other: 86.27% (2005)


3. Korea, North Category: Geography - Geographic coordinates: 40 00 N, 127 00 E


4. Pakistan Category: Communications - Television broadcast stations: 20 (5 state-run channels and 15 privately-owned satellite channels) (2006)


5. Ecuador Category: Transnational Issues - Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 11,526 (Colombia); note - UNHCR estimates as many as 250,000 Columbians are seeking asylum in Ecuador, many of whom do not register as refugees for fear of deportation (2007)