_#_Telecommunications: stations—3 AM, 4 FM, no TV; 2,000-line automatic telephone exchange; no communications satellite systems
_*Defense Forces #Note: defense is the responsibility of Italy; Swiss Papal Guards are posted at entrances to the Vatican City % @Venezuela *Geography #_Total area: 912,050 km2; land area: 882,050 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of California
_#_Land boundaries: 4,993 km total; Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km
_#_Coastline: 2,800 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 15 nm;
Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation;
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm