_#Defense expenditures: $NA, 8.5% of GDP (1988) % @Europa Island (French possession) *Geography #_Total area: 28 km2; land area: 28 km2

_#_Comparative area: about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC

_#_Land boundaries: none

_#_Coastline: 22.2 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;

Territorial sea: 12 nm

_#_Disputes: claimed by Madagascar

_#_Climate: tropical

_#_Terrain: NA