LIECHTENSTEIN (Continued)
Major trade partners: exports (1979)—$466 million; 42% EC, 32% EFTA (24% Switzerland), 26% other
Electric power: 23,000 kW capacity (1980); 57 million kWh produced (1980), 2,110 kWh per capita; power is exchanged with Switzerland, but net exports average 35 million kWh yearly
Budget: (1979) revenues $113 million, expenditures $112 million, surplus $15 million
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: 18.5 km, standard gauge (1.435 m), electrified; owned, operated, and included in statistics of Austrian Federal Railways
Highways: 130.66 km main roads, 192.27 km byroads
Civil air: no transport aircraft
Airfields: none
Telecommunications: automatic telephone system serving about 18,000 telephones (72.0 per 100 popl.); no broadcast facilities
DEFENSE FORCES
Defense is responsibility of Switzerland
LUXEMBOURG
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LAND
2,590 km2; 25% arable, 27% meadows and pasture, 15% waste or urban, 33% forested, negligible amount of inland water
Land boundaries: 356 km
PEOPLE
Population: 366,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 0.3%
Nationality: noun—Luxembourger(s); adjective—Luxembourg
Ethnic divisions: 83% Luxembourger, including an estimated 5% of Italian descent; remainder French, German, Belgian, and other
Religion: 97% Roman Catholic, remaining 3% Protestant and Jewish
Language: Luxembourgish, German, French; most educated Luxembourgers also speak English
Literacy: 98%
Labor force: (1977) 147,300; one-third of labor force is foreign, comprised mostly of workers from Portugal, Italy, France, Belgium, and West Germany (1977); unemployment 0.9% (1981)
GOVERNMENT
Official name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Luxembourg
Political subdivisions: unitary state, but for administrative purposes has 3 districts (Luxembourg, Diekirch, Grevenmacher) and 12 cantons
Legal system: based on civil law system; constitution adopted 1868; judicial review of legislative acts in the Cassation Court only; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
National holiday: 23 June
Branches: parliamentary democracy; seven ministers comprise Council of Government headed by President,
