The 1990 CIA World Factbook | Page 5

US Board on
Geographic Names. The long-form name is included in the
Government section and an entry of "none" indicates a long-form name
does not exist. In some instances, no short-form name exists--then the
long-form name must serve for all usages. There are 249 entities in the
Factbook that may be categorized as follows: NATIONS 157 UN
members (there are 159 members in the UN, but only 157 are included
in The World Factbook because Byelorussia and Ukraine are
constituent republics of the Soviet Union) 15 nations that are not
members of the UN--Andorra, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati,
Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Namibia, Nauru, North Korea,
San Marino, South Korea, Switzerland, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vatican City
OTHER 1 Taiwan DEPENDENT AREAS 6 Australia--Ashmore and
Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea
Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island 2
Denmark--Faroe Islands, Greenland 16 France--Bassas da India,
Clipperton Island, Europa Island, French Guiana, French Polynesia,
French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Glorioso Islands, Guadeloupe,
Juan de Nova Island, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion,

St. Pierre and Miquelon, Tromelin Island, Wallis and Futuna 2
Netherlands--Aruba, Netherlands Antilles 3 New Zealand--Cook
Islands, Niue, Tokelau 3 Norway--Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard
1 Portugal--Macau 16 United Kingdom--Anguilla, Bermuda, British
Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Jersey,
Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St. Helena, South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands 15 United
States--American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis
Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island,
Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Trust Territory
of the Pacific Islands (Palau), Virgin Islands, Wake Island
MISCELLANEOUS 7 Antarctica, Gaza Strip, Iraq-Saudi Arabia
Neutral Zone, Paracel Islands, Spratly Islands, West Bank, Western
Sahara OTHER ENTITIES 4 oceans--Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean,
Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean 1 World === 249 total Notes: The US
Government has not recognized the incorporation of Estonia, Latvia,
and Lithuania into the Soviet Union as constituent republics during
World War II. Those Baltic states are not members of the UN and are
not included in the list of nations. The US Government does not
recognize the four so-called "independent" homelands of
Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei, and Venda in South Africa. Gross
domestic product (GDP): The value of all goods and services produced
domestically. Gross national product (GNP): The value of all goods
and services produced domestically, plus income earned abroad, minus
income earned by foreigners from domestic production. GNP/GDP
methodology: GNP/GDP dollar estimates for the OECD countries, the
USSR, Eastern Europe, and a portion of the developing countries, are
derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations rather than
from conversions at official currency exchange rates. The PPP methods
involve the use of average price weights, which lie between the weights
of the domestic and foreign price systems; using these weights, US
$100 converted into German marks by a PPP method will buy an equal
amount of goods and services in both the US and Germany. One
caution: the proportion of, say, military expenditures as a percent of
GNP/GDP in local currency accounts may differ substantially from the
proportion when GNP/GDP is expressed in PPP dollar terms, as, for

example, when an observer estimates the dollar level of Soviet or
Japanese military expenditures. Similarly, dollar figures for exports and
imports reflect the price patterns of international markets rather than
PPP price patterns. Growth rate (population): The annual percent
change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births
over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country.
The rate may be positive or negative. Illicit drugs: There are five
categories of illicit drugs--narcotics, stimulants, depressants (sedatives),
hallucinogens, and cannabis. These categories include many drugs
legally produced and prescribed by doctors as well as those illegally
produced and sold outside medical channels. Cannabis (Cannabis sativa)
is the common hemp plant, provides hallucinogens with some sedative
properties, and includes marijuana (pot, Acapulco gold, grass, reefer),
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, Marinol), hashish (hash), and hashish oil
(hash oil). Coca (Erythroxylon coca) is a bush and the leaves contain
the stimulant cocaine. Coca is not to be confused with cocoa which
comes from cacao seeds and is used in making chocolate, cocoa, and
cocoa butter. Cocaine is a stimulant derived from the leaves of the coca
bush. Depressants (sedatives) are drugs that reduce tension and anxiety
and include chloral hydrate, barbiturates (Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal,
phenobarbital), benzodiazepines (Librium, Valium), methaqualone
(Quaalude), glutethimide (Doriden), and others (Equanil, Placidyl,
Valmid). Drugs are any chemical substances that effect a physical,
mental, emotional, or behavioral change in an individual. Drug abuse is
the use of any licit or illicit chemical substance that results in physical,
mental, emotional, or behavioral impairment in an individual.
Hallucinogens are drugs that affect sensation, thinking, self-awareness,
and emotion. Hallucinogens include LSD