by the Central Intelligence Agency

“ Agriculture: cash crops—raw cotton, cashew nuts, sugar, tea, copra, sisal; other crops—corn, wheat, peanuts, potatoes, beans, sorghum, and cassava; self-sufficient in food except for wheat which must be imported
Major industries: food processing (chiefly sugar, tea, wheat, flour, cashew kernels) ”

“ Political subdivisions: nine provinces; as of 1 October 1980, Wallonia and Flanders have regional "subgovernments" with elected regional councils and executive officials; those regional authorities will have limited powers over revenues and certain areas of economic, urban, environmental, and housing policy; the authority of the regional sub-governments will increase over a five-year period; Wallonia also has a separate Walloon Cultural Council
Legal system: civil law system influenced by English constitutional theory ”

“ The country's own army is gradually being reestablished but is still too fragile to give the central government effective power. Syria's move toward supporting the Lebanese Muslims and the Palestinians and Israel's growing support for Lebanese Christians have brought the two sides into rough equilibrium, but no progress has been made on national reconciliation or political reforms—the original cause of the war. ”

“ ECONOMY GDP: $92.6 billion (1980 est., current prices) , $1,087 per capita; 7.8% growth rate (1980 est.)
Agriculture: main crops—peanuts, cotton, cocoa, rubber, yams, cassava, sorghum, palm kernels, millet, corn, rice; livestock; almost self-sufficient
Fishing: catch 535,435 metric tons (1979) ; imports $14.5 million (1974)
Major industries: mining—crude oil, natural gas, coal, tin, columbite; processing industries—oil palm, peanut, cotton, rubber, petroleum, wood, hides, skins ”

“ Ethnic divisions: 36% Wolof, 17.5% Fulani, 16.5% Serer, 9% Tukulor, 9% Dyola, 6.5% Malinke, 4.5% other African, 1% Europeans and Lebanese
Religion: 80% Muslim, 15% animist, 5% Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)
Language: French official, but regular use limited to literate minority; most Senegalese speak own tribal language; use of Wolof vernacular spreading—now spoken to some degree by nearly half the population
Literacy: 10% (est.) in 14 plus age group
Labor force: 1,732,000; about 80% subsistence agricultural workers ”

“ ECONOMY The Vatican City, seat of the Holy See, is supported financially by contributions (known as Peter's pence) from Roman Catholics throughout the world; some income derived from sale of Vatican postage stamps and tourist mementos, fees for admission to Vatican museums, and sale of publications; industrial activity consists solely of printing and production of a small amount of mosaics and staff uniforms; the banking and financial activities of the Vatican are worldwide ”

“ Organized labor: unorganized
GOVERNMENT Official name: Kingdom of Tonga
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Nuku'alofa (located on Tongatapu Island)
Political subdivisions: three main island groups (Tongatapu, Ha'api, Vava'u)
Legal system: based on English law
Branches: executive (King and Privy Council) ; legislative (Legislative Assembly composed of seven nobles elected by their peers, seven elected representatives of the people, eight Ministers of the Crown; the King appoints one of the seven nobles to be the speaker) ”

“ Agriculture: main crops—corn, cotton, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, sorghum, oilseeds, pulses, and vegetables; general self-sufficiency with minor exceptions in meat and dairy products; caloric intake, 2,700 calories per day per capita (1975)
Fishing: catch 1,257,129 metric tons (1980) ; exports valued at $429 million, imports at $22.9 million (1980)
Major industries: processing of food, beverages, and tobacco; chemicals, basic metals and metal products, petroleum products, mining, textiles and clothing, and transport equipment
Crude steel: 9.8 million metric tons capacity (1980) ”

“ IVORY COAST LAND 323,750 km2; 40% forest and woodland, 8% cultivated, 52% grazing, fallow, and waste; 322 km of lagoons and connecting canals extend east-west along eastern part of the coast
Land boundaries: 3,227 km
WATER Limits of territorial waters (claimed) : 12 nm (fishing 200 nm; exclusive economic zone 200 nm)
Coastline: 515 km
PEOPLE Population: 8,569,000 (July 1982) , average annual growth rate 3.3%
Nationality: noun—Ivorian (s) ; adjective—Ivorian
Ethnic divisions: 7 major indigenous ethnic groups; no single tribe more than 20% of population ”

“ Luxembourg has a customs union with Belgium under which foreign trade is recorded jointly for the two countries; Luxembourg's principal exports are iron and steel products, principal imports are coal and consumer goods ”

“ Supply: defense industry potential is large, with capability of producing the most sophisticated equipment; manufactured equipment includes small arms artillery, armored vehicles, and other types of ground forces materiel, aircraft (jet and prop) , naval vessels (submarines, guided missile and other destroyers, patrol craft, mine warfare ships, and other minor craft including amphibious, auxiliaries, service craft, and small support ships) , small amounts of all types of army materiel ”

“ Agriculture: cash crops—coffee, vanilla, cloves, sugar, tobacco, sisal, rice, raphia; food crops—rice, cassava, cereals, potatoes, corn, beans, bananas, coconuts, and peanuts; animal husbandry widespread ”

“ Major industries: machinery, metals, fuels, chemicals, textiles, food processing, timber processing
Shortages: iron ore, coking coal, metallurgical coke, cotton fibers, natural rubber
Crude steel: 3.2 million metric tons produced (1980) , 579 kg per capita
Electric power: 16,104,000 kW capacity (1981) ; 68.455 billion kWh produced (1981) , 3,048 kWh per capita
Exports: $11.2 billion (f.o.b., 1980) ; 26% machinery and equipment; 12% agricultural materials and foodstuffs; 16% manufactured consumer goods; 29% fuels, minerals, and metals ”

“ Congress has been disbanded and all political activity suspended; a five-man Legislative Council, composed of senior officers, advises the junta on lawmaking
Political parties: several civilian political groupings remain potentially influential, despite the suspension of all partisan activity; these include Justicialist Party (Peronist coalition that formerly governed) and the Radical Civic Union, center-left party providing the chief civilian opposition to the Peronists ”

“ Inland waterways: 1,045 km; of minor importance as transport arteries and contribute little to economy
Pipelines: 265 km crude oil; 1,293 km refined products; 1,000 km natural gas
Ports: 23 major, 150 minor
Civil air: 166 major transport aircraft, including 2 leased in and 3 leased out
Airfields (including Balearic and Canary Islands) : 120 total, 114 usable; 59 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways over 3,659 m, 22 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 32 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: generally adequate, modern facilities; 11.1 million telephones (29.4 per 100 popl.) ”

“ ECONOMY Agriculture: practically none; some barley is grown in nondrought years; fruit and vegetables in the few oases; food imports are essential; camels, sheep, and goats are kept by the nomadic natives ”

“ Political parties and leaders: political party activity is organized along largely sectarian lines; numerous political groupings exist, consisting of individual political figures and followers motivated by religious, clan, and economic considerations; most parties have well-armed militias which are still involved in occasional clashes
Communists: the Lebanese Communist Party was legalized in 1970 ”

“ Agriculture: mixed farming predominates; main products—wheat, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, livestock, dairy products; 53.7% self-sufficient; dependent on imports for more than half of consumption of refined sugar, butter, oils and fats, and bacon and ham ”

“ Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) , the only legal party, is coalition of National Front, Ba'th, and Communist Parties
Communists: unknown number
Member of: Arab League, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto) , IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ISCON, ITU, NAM, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO
ECONOMY GNP: $792 million (1978 est.) , $430 per capita
Agriculture (all outside Aden) : cotton is main cash crop; cereals, dates, kat (qat) , coffee, and livestock are raised and there is a growing fishing industry; large amount of food must be imported (particularly for Aden) ”

“ Elections: elections for National Assembly in August 1978, Assembly chose President and Vice President in October 1978; constitutional reforms allow Assembly to elect from its own membership representatives comprising two-thirds of the primary legislative organ, the National Council on Legislation; the remaining one-third of the Council's 56 representatives was chosen in September 1980 by direct popular elections ”

“ ECONOMY GNP: $16.8 billion (1980 est.) , $944 per capita; 66% private consumption, 10% public consumption, 14% gross investment; 10% net foreign balance (1979) ; real growth rate (1981) , 3%
Agriculture: main crops—wheat, potatoes, beans, rice, barley, coffee, cotton, sugarcane; imports—wheat, meat, lard and oils, rice, corn ”

“ Agriculture: animal husbandry predominates with milk and dairy products accounting for 37% of farm income; main crops—grains, sugar beets, potatoes; 100% self-sufficient in grains and potatoes, 85% self-sufficient in sugar beets; food shortages—oils and fats, tropical products ”

“ ECONOMY GDP: $4.4 billion (1980, at current prices) , $1,375 per capita; 6% public consumption; 82% private consumption, 30% gross domestic investment, −18% net foreign balance (1980) ; real growth rate 1980, 11.4%
Agriculture: main crops—oilseeds, cotton, wheat, manioc, sweet potatoes, tobacco, corn, rice, sugarcane; self-sufficient in most foods ”