_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 348,849; 197,870 fit for military service; 20,715 reach military age (14) annually

_#Defense expenditures: $1.0 billion, 12% of GDP (1991) % @Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) *Geography #_Total area: 458 km2; land area: 458 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

_#_Land boundaries: none

_#_Coastline: 1,519 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Contiguous zone: 12 nm;

Continental shelf: 200 m (depth);

Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;

Territorial sea: 3 nm