1. Iran Category: Transnational Issues - Illicit drugs: despite substantial interdiction efforts and considerable control measures along the border with Afghanistan, Iran remains one of the primary transshipment routes for Southwest Asian heroin to Europe; suffers one of the highest opiate addiction rates in the world, and has an increasing problem with synthetic drugs; lacks anti-money laundering laws; has reached out to neighboring countries to share counter-drug intelligence


2. Macau Category: Communications - Television broadcast stations: 1 (2008)


3. Germany Category: People - Population: 82,369,552 (July 2008 estimate)


4. Gibraltar Category: Geography - Land boundaries (km): total: 1.2 km; border countries: Spain 1.2 km


5. Tromelin Island Category: Geography - Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar

Zimbabwe Facts Info Stuff (ZW):

1. Indonesia Category: Government - Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Mahkamah Agung (justices appointed by the president from a list of candidates selected by the legislature); a separate Constitutional Court or Mahkamah Konstitusi was invested by the president on 16 August 2003; in March 2004 the Supreme Court assumed administrative and financial responsibility for the lower court system from the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights; Labor Court under supervision of Supreme Court began functioning in January 2006


2. Cocos (Keeling) Islands Category: Military - Military - note: defense is the responsibility of Australia; the territory has a five-person police force


3. Cuba Category: Military - Military service age and obligation (years of age): 17-28 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year service obligation; both sexes subject to military service (2006)


4. Lithuania Category: Geography - Irrigated land (sq km): 70 sq km (2003)


5. Germany Category: People - HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 1,000 (2003 estimate)

1. Jarvis Island Category: Geography - Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm; exclusive economic zone: 200 nm


2. Kazakhstan Category: Economy - Electricity - exports (kWh): 3.528 billion kWh (2007 estimate)


3. Lithuania Category: Economy - Economy - overview: Lithuania, the Baltic state that has conducted the most trade with Russia, has grown rapidly since rebounding from the 1998 Russian financial crisis. Unemployment fell to 3.2% in 2007 while wages continued to grow at double digit rates, contributing to rising inflation. Exports and imports also grew strongly, and the current account deficit rose to nearly 15% of GDP in 2007. Trade has been increasingly oriented toward the West. Lithuania has gained membership in the World Trade Organization and joined the EU in May 2004. Privatization of the large, state-owned utilities is nearly complete. Foreign government and business support have helped in the transition from the old command economy to a market economy.


4. India Category: Geography - Irrigated land (sq km): 558,080 sq km (2003)


5. Sudan Category: Government - Country name: conventional long form: Republic of the Sudan; conventional short form: Sudan; local long form: Jumhuriyat as-Sudan; local short form: As-Sudan; former: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan