Galets

Merchant marine:
total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 28,264 GRT/44,885 DWT
by type: chemical tanker 1
foreign-owned: Sweden 1
registered in other countries: 1

Airports:
2 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Military Reunion

Military branches:
no regular indigenous military forces; French forces (including
Army, Navy, Air Force, and Gendarmerie)

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age (2004 est.)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 202,385 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 103,073 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 7,070 (2004 est.)

Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of France

Transnational Issues Reunion

Disputes - international:
none

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@Romania

Introduction Romania

Background:
The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under
the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their
autonomy in 1856; they united in 1859 and a few years later adopted
the new name of Romania. The country gained full independence in
1878. It joined the Allied Powers in World War I and acquired new
territories following the conflict. In 1940, it allied with the Axis
powers and participated in the 1941 German invasion of the USSR.
Three years later, overrun by the Soviets, Romania signed an
armistice. The post-war Soviet occupation led to the formation of a
Communist "people's republic" in 1947 and the abdication of the
king. The decades-long rule of dictator Nicolae CEAUSESCU, who took
power in 1965, and his Securitate police state became increasingly
oppressive and draconian through the 1980s. CEAUSESCU was overthrown
and executed in late 1989. Former Communists dominated the
government until 1996, when they were swept from power by a
fractious coalition of centrist parties. In 2000, the center-left
Social Democratic Party (PSD) became Romania's leading party,
governing with the support of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in
Romania (UDMR). The opposition center-right alliance formed by the
National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Democratic Party (PD) scored a
sur