s:
total: 380 km
paved: 380 km (2006)

Waterways:
28 km (2005)

Ports and terminals:
none

Military Liechtenstein

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 7,736 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 6,250 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 208 (2005 est.)

Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of Switzerland

Transnational Issues Liechtenstein

Disputes - international:
none

Illicit drugs:
has strengthened money-laundering controls, but money laundering
remains a concern due to Liechtenstein's sophisticated offshore
financial services sector

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@Lithuania

Introduction Lithuania

Background:
Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by
the USSR in 1940 - an action never recognized by the US. On 11 March
1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare
its independence, but Moscow did not recognize this proclamation
until September of 1991 (following the abortive coup in Moscow). The
last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania subsequently
restructured its economy for integration into Western European
institutions; it joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004.

Geography Lithuania

Location:
Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia

Geographic coordinates:
56 00 N, 24 00 E

Map references:
Europe

Area:
total: 65,200 sq km
land: NA sq km
water: NA sq km

Area - comparative:
slightly larger than West Virginia

Land boundaries:
total: 1,613 km
border countries: Belarus 653.5 km, Latvia 588 km, Poland 103.7 km,
Russia (Kaliningrad) 267.8 km

Coastline:
90 km

Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate:
transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate
winters and summers

Terrain:
lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Juozapines Kalnas 293.6 m

Natural resources:
peat, arable land, amber

Land use:
arable land: 44.81%
permanent crops: 0.9%
other: 54.29% (2005)

Irrigated land:
70 sq km (2003)

Natural hazards:
NA

Environment - current issues:
contamination of s