VANUATU (Continued)
Electric power: 10,000 kW capacity (1981); 17 million kWh produced (1981), 162 kWh per capita
Exports: $32.2 million (1977); 24% copra, 59% frozen fish, meat
Imports: $40.1 million (1977); 18% food
Aid: Australia (1980-83), $14.4 million
Monetary conversion rate: 1 pound=US$5.12 (official currency, 1979), Australian $0.89=US$1, 75 Colonial Franc Pacifique (CFP)=US$1 (1978/79)
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: none
Highways: at least 240 km sealed or all-weather roads
Inland waterways: none
Ports: 2 minor
Civil air: no major transport aircraft
Airfields: 31 total, 29 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways, 2 runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: 2 AM broadcast stations; 2,400 telephones (2.4 per 100 popl.); 1 ground satellite station under construction
DEFENSE FORCES
Personnel: no military forces maintained; however, the French and British maintain constabularies of about 100 men each
VATICAN CITY
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LAND
0.438 km2
Land boundaries: 3 km
PEOPLE
Population: 1,000 (July 1980), average annual growth rate 0.0%
Ethnic divisions: primarily Italians but also many other nationalities
Religion: Roman Catholic
Language: Italian, Latin, and various modern languages
Literacy: virtually complete
Labor force: approx. 700; Vatican City employees divided into three categories—executives, officeworkers, and salaried employees
Organized labor: none
GOVERNMENT
Official name: State of the Vatican City
Type: monarchical-sacerdotal state
Capital: Vatican City
Political subdivisions: Vatican City includes St. Peter's, the Vatican Palace and Museum, and neighboring buildings covering more than 13 acres; 13 buildings in Rome, although outside the boundaries, enjoy extraterritorial rights
Legal system: Canon law; constitutional laws of 1929 serve some of the functions of a constitution
National holiday: 30 June
Branches: the Pope possesses full executive, legislative, and judicial powers; he delegates these powers to the governor of Vatican City, who is subject to pontifical appointment and recall; high Vatican offices include the Secretariat of State, the College of Cardinals (chief papal advisers), the Roman Curia (which carries on the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church), the Presidence of the Prefecture for the Economy, and the synod of bishops (created in 1965)
