_#_Climate: cool summers and mild winters; humid; overcast about half
the time
_#_Terrain: hills in north and south bisected by central valley
_#_Natural resources: lead, iron ore
_#_Land use: arable land NA%; permanent crops NA%; meadows and
pastures NA%; forest and woodland NA%; other NA%; extensive arable land
and forests
_#_Environment: strong westerly winds prevail
_#_Note: located in Irish Sea equidistant from England, Scotland,
and Ireland
_*_People
_#_Population: 64,075 (July 1991), growth rate 0.1% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 11 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 14 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 4 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 9 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 78 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun--Manxman, Manxwoman, adjective--Manx
_#_Ethnic divisions: native Manx of Norse-Celtic descent; British
_#_Religion: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist,
Presbyterian, Society of Friends
_#_Language: English, Manx Gaelic
_#_Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%) but compulsory education
age 5 to 16
_#_Labor force: 25,864 (1981)
_#_Organized labor: 22 labor unions patterned along British lines
_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: none
_#_Type: British crown dependency
_#_Capital: Douglas
_#_Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency)
_#_Independence: none (British crown dependency)
_#_Constitution: 1961, Isle of Man Constitution Act
_#_Legal system: English law and local statute
_#_National holiday: Tynwald Day, 5 July
_#_Executive branch: British monarch, lieutenant governor, prime
minister, Executive Council (cabinet)
_#_Legislative branch: bicameral Tynwald consists of an upper
house or Legislative Council and a lower house or House of Keys
_#_Judicial branch: High Court of Justice
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State--Lord of Mann Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February
1952), represented by Lieutenant Governor Air Marshal Sir Laurence JONES
(since NA 1990);
Head of Government--President of the Legislative Council Sir
Charles KERRUISH (since NA 1990)
_#_Political parties and leaders: there is no party system and
members sit as independents
_#_Suffrage: universal at age 21
_#_Elections:
House of Keys--last held in 1986 (next to be held 1991);
results--percent of vote NA;
seats--(24 total) independents 24
_#_Communists: probably none
_#_Member of: none
_#_Diplomatic representation: none (British crown dependency)
_#_Flag: red with the Three Legs of Man emblem (Trinacria), in
the center; the three legs are joined at the thigh and bent at the knee;
in order to have the toes pointing clockwise on both sides of the flag, a
two-sided emblem is used
_*_Economy
_#_Overview: Offshore banking, manufacturing, and tourism are key
sectors of the economy. The government's policy of offering incentives to
high-technology companies and financial institutions to locate on the
island has paid off in expanding employment opportunities in high-income
industries. As a result, agriculture and fishing, once the mainstays of
the economy, have declined in their shares of GNP. Banking now
contributes over 20% to GNP and manufacturing about 15%. Trade is mostly
with the UK.
_#_GNP: $490 million, per capita $7,573; real growth rate NA% (1988)
_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%
_#_Unemployment rate: 1.5% (1988)
_#_Budget: revenues $130.4 million; expenditures $114.4 million,
including capital expenditures of $18.1 million (FY85 est.)
_#_Exports: $NA;
commodities--tweeds, herring, processed shellfish meat;
partners--UK
_#_Imports: $NA;
commodities--timber, fertilizers, fish;
partners--UK
_#_External debt: $NA
_#_Industrial production: growth rate NA%
_#_Electricity: 61,000 kW capacity; 190 million kWh produced,
2,930 kWh per capita (1989)
_#_Industries: an important offshore financial center; financial
services, light manufacturing, tourism
_#_Agriculture: cereals and vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry
_#_Economic aid: NA
_#_Currency: Manx pound (plural--pounds); 1 Manx pound (5M) = 100
pence
_#_Exchange rates: Manx pounds (5M) per US$1--0.5171 (January 1991),
0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988), 0.6102 (1987), 0.6817
(1986), 0.7714 (1985); the Manx pound is at par with the British pound
_#_Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March
_*_Communications
_#_Railroads: 36 km electric track, 24 km steam track
_#_Highways: 640 km motorable roads
_#_Ports: Douglas, Ramsey, Peel
_#_Merchant marine: 73 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,634,471
GRT/2,906,039 DWT; includes 8 cargo, 6 container, 6 roll-on/roll-off
cargo, 31 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 4 chemical
tanker, 2 combination ore/oil, 3 liquefied gas, 13 bulk; note--a captive
register of the United Kingdom, although not all ships on the register
are British-owned
_#_Airports: 2 total; 1 usable with permanent-surface runways
1,220-2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: 24,435 telephones; stations--1 AM, 4 FM, 4 TV
_*_Defense Forces
_#_Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK
_%_
_@_Marshall Islands
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 181.3 km2; land area: 181.3 km2; includes the atolls
of Bikini, Eniwetak, and Kwajalein
_#_Comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC
_#_Land boundaries: none
_#_Coastline: 370.4 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 24 nm;
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;