Military manpower-military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower-availability: males age 15-49: 1,286,126 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-fit for military service: males: 1,017,954 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males: 40,946 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: 79 million lari (1997); note-conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 8.8% (1998 approved budget)
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Disputes-international: none
Illicit drugs: limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for domestic consumption; used as transshipment point for opiates to Western Europe
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