_#_Civil air: 174 major transport aircraft
_#_Airports: 1,815 total, 1,537 usable; 195 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m; 33 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 276 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: highly developed system with extensive radio relay links; connection into Central American Microwave System; 6.41 million telephones; stations—679 AM, no FM, 238 TV, 22 shortwave; 120 domestic satellite terminals; earth stations—4 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: National Defense (includes Army and Air Force), Navy (includes Marines)
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 22,340,628; 16,360,596 fit for military service; 1,107,163 reach military age (18) annually
_#Defense expenditures: $1 billion, 0.6% of GDP (1988) % @Micronesia, Federated States of *Geography #_Total area: 702 km2; land area: 702 km2; includes Pohnpei, Truk, Yap, and Kosrae
_#_Comparative area: slightly less than four times the size of Washington, DC
_#_Land boundaries: none
_#_Coastline: 6,112 km
_#_Maritime claims: