_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 799,597; 420,092 fit for military service; no conscription
_#Defense expenditures: $44 million, 3.7% of GDP (1987) % @Tokelau (territory of New Zealand) *Geography #_Total area: 10 km2; land area: 10 km2
_#_Comparative area: about 17 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
_#_Land boundaries: none
_#_Coastline: 101 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Climate: tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)