km from tidal waters

United States:
world's third-largest country (after Russia and
Canada)

Uzbekistan:
along with Liechtenstein, one of the only two doubly
landlocked countries in the world

Venezuela:
on major sea and air routes linking North and South
America

Virgin Islands:
important location along the Anegada Passage - a key
shipping lane for the Panama Canal; Saint Thomas has one of the best
natural, deepwater harbors in the Caribbean

Wake Island:
strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean;
emergency landing location for transpacific flights

Wallis and Futuna:
both island groups have fringing reefs

West Bank:
landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's
coastal aquifers; there are 231 Israeli settlements and civilian
land use sites in the West Bank and 29 in East Jerusalem (August
1999 est.)

Yemen:
strategic location on Bab el Mandeb, the strait linking the
Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, one of world's most active shipping
lanes

Yugoslavia:
controls one of the major land routes from Western
Europe to Turkey and the Near East; strategic location along the
Adriatic coast

Zambia:
landlocked

Zimbabwe:
landlocked

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@Government - note

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
The Dayton Agreement, signed in Paris on 14
December 1995, retained Bosnia and Herzegovina's exterior border and
created a joint multi-ethnic and democratic government. This
national government - based on proportional representation similar
to that which existed in the former socialist regime - is charged
with conducting foreign, economic, and fiscal policy. The Dayton
Agreement also recognized a second tier of government, comprised of
two entities - a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina and the Bosnian Serb Republika Srpska (RS) - each
presiding over roughly one-half the territory. The Federation and RS
governments are charged with overseeing internal functions. The
Dayton Agreement established the Office of the High Representative
(OHR) to oversee the implementation of the civilian aspects of the
agreement. About 250 international and 450 local staff members are
employed by the OHR.

Malawi:
the executive exerts considerable influence over the
legislature

Somalia:
An interim Transitional National Government - with a
p