_#Defense expenditures: $168 million, 2.2% of GDP (1988) % @Vanuatu *Geography #_Total area: 14,760 km2; land area: 14,760 km2; includes more than 80 islands
_#_Comparative area: slightly larger than Connecticut
_#_Land boundary: none
_#_Coastline: 2,528 km
_#_Maritime claims: (measured from claimed archipelagic baselines);
Contiguous zone: 24 nm;
Continental shelf: edge of continental margin or 200 nm;
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Climate: tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds