_*Communications #_Highways: none; some secondary roads
_*Defense Forces #Note: defense is the joint responsibility of Iraq and Saudi Arabia % @Ireland *Geography #_Total area: 70,280 km2; land area: 68,890 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly larger than West Virginia
_#_Land boundary: 360 km with UK
_#_Coastline: 1,448 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Continental shelf: no precise definition;
Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Disputes: Northern Ireland question with the UK; Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark, Iceland, and the UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the Rockall area)