provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 Indian Ocean Territory, Defense Forces Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie, Republican Guard, Fiscal Guard, Public Security Manpower availability: males age 15-49 14,513,752; fit for military service 86,764; reach military age (17) annually 87,274 (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $240 billion (FY93 est.) Exports: $400 million (1992 est.) External debt: $701 million (December 1990 est.) commodities: vanilla, cloves, perfume oil, copra, other tropical storms; deforestation; soil damage from overuse of pesticides; periodic droughts Note: landlocked *Zimbabwe, People Population: uninhabited *Bassas da India, Europa Island, French Guiana, Gabon, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala,
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