_#_Exchange rates: Italian lire (Lit) per US$1—1,134.4 (January 1991), 1,198.1 (1990), 1,372.1 (1989), 1,301.6 (1988), 1,296.1 (1987), 1,490.8 (1986), 1,909.4 (1985)
_#_Fiscal year: calendar year
_*Communications #_Highways: 104 km
_#_Telecommunications: automatic telephone system; 11,700 telephones; stations—no AM, 20 FM, no TV; radio relay and cable links into Italian networks; no communication satellite facilities
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: public security or police force of less than 50 people
_#_Manpower availability: all fit men ages 16-60 constitute a militia that can serve as an army
_#Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP % @Sao Tome and Principe *Geography #_Total area: 960 km2; land area: 960 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly less than 5.5 times the size of Washington, DC
_#_Land boundaries: none
_#_Coastline: 209 km