km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical; marine; mild, tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season from May to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification Note: world's third-largest country (after Russia and Canada) *China, People Population: 57,970,200 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: -2.5% (1991 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.4% (1992 est.) Budget: revenues $63 billion; expenditures $1.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY87 est.) Exports: $417 million (f.o.b., 1991) commodities: petroleum 16%, consumer goods, capital and services 33%, agriculture 27%, industry 28% (1990) *Greece, Government Executive branch: British monarch, governor, prime minister, Cabinet (Landsstyre) Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly - Ronald VENETIAAN (NF) 80% (645 votes), Jules WIJDENBOSCH (NDP) 14% (115 votes), Hans PRADE (DA '91) 6% (49 votes) National Assembly: last held on 18 August 1949, revised 19 April 1972; 18 October 1989
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