1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 4 (2006)

Pipelines:
gas 2,526 km; oil 11 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 1,229 km
standard gauge: 1,229 km 1.435-m gauge (504 km electrified) (2005)

Roadways:
total: 38,451 km
paved: 38,451 km (including 483 km of expressways) (2004)

Merchant marine:
registered in other countries: 26 (Antigua and Barbuda 6, Bahamas
1, Cyprus 4, Georgia 1, Liberia 2, Malta 3, Marshall Islands 3,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5, Singapore 1) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Koper

Military Slovenia

Military branches:
Slovenian Army (includes air and naval forces)

Military service age and obligation:
17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription
abolished in 2003 (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 17-49: 496,929
females age 17-49: 483,959 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 17-49: 405,593
females age 17-49: 397,167 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 12,816
females age 17-49: 12,178 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$370 million (FY00)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.7% (FY00)

Transnational Issues Slovenia

Disputes - international:
the Croatia-Slovenia land and maritime boundary agreement, which
would have ceded most of Piran Bay and maritime access to Slovenia
and several villages to Croatia, remains unratified and in dispute;
Slovenia also protests Croatia's 2003 claim to an exclusive economic
zone in the Adriatic; as a member state that forms part of the EU's
external border, Slovenia must implement the strict Schengen border
rules to curb illegal migration and commerce through southeastern
Europe while encouraging close cross-border ties with Croatia

Illicit drugs:
minor transit point for cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin bound
for Western Europe, and for precursor chemicals

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@Solomon Islands

Introduction Solomon Islands

Background:
The UK established a protectorate over the Solomon Islands in the
1890s. Some of the bitterest fighting of World War II occurred on
this archipelago. Self-government was achieved in 1976 and
independence two years later. Ethnic violence, government
malfeasance, and endemic crime have undermined s