The Phoenix Milita
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The Superpower of The Phoenix Milita
"Lo Que Sea, Cuando Sea, Donde Sea."
<Current Status>
UN Category: Father Knows Best State
Civil Rights:Below Average
Economy:All-Consuming
Political Freedoms:Rare
Location: United States of America
>>>>>>>>The Superpower of The Phoenix Milita is a massive, economically powerful nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.4 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator(Field Marshall Maximus Seville II), who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and the Environment receiving almost no funds by comparison. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.
Space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are sold freely by the government, and military service is compulsory. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The Phoenix Milita's national animal is the red fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the shell casing.
The Phoenix Milita is ranked 11th in the region and 28,017th in the world for Safest Nations.
Background:
The Phoenix Milita was formed July 4th, 2001, by 5 million Tyradorian military hard-liners and thier families. Today TPM is one one of the world's great powers and makes an impact on international trade with its massive and active aircraft production facilities.
Geography TPM
Location:
North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean.
Geographic coordinates:
38 00 N, 97 00 W
Map references:
North America
Area:
total: 9,631,418 sq km
land: 9,161,923 sq km
water: 469,495 sq km
Area - comparative:
Definition Field Listing
about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; about two and a half times the size of Western Europe
Land boundaries:
total: 12,034 km
border countries: Tyrador 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), JSA
Coastline:
19,924 nm
Maritime claims - as described in UNCLOS 2003 (see Notes and Definitions):
territorial sea: 12 NM
contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
continental shelf: not specified
Climate:
mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
Terrain:
vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Death Valley -86 m
highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m
Natural resources:
coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
Land use:
Definition Field Listing
arable land: 19.3%
other: 80.5% (2001 est.)
permanent crops: 0.2%
Irrigated land:
Definition Field Listing
214,000 sq km (2001 est.)
Natural hazards:
tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development
Geography - Mt. McKinley is highest point in North America and Death Valley the lowest point on the continent
People TPM
Population:
2,496,000,000 (Sept. 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 20.8% (male 31,122,974; female 29,713,748)
15-64 years: 66.9% (male 97,756,380; female 98,183,309)
65 years and over: 12.4% (male 15,078,204; female 21,172,956) (2004 est.)
Median age:
total: 36 years
male: 34.7 years
female: 37.4 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.92% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
14.13 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:
8.34 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:
3.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 6.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 7.31 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 79.93 years
male: 78.63 years
female: 80.36 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate:
Definition Field Listing Rank Order
2.07 children born/woman (2004 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Phoneix(i)
adjective: Phoenix
Ethnic groups:
white 77.1%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1.5%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.3%, other 4% (2001)
Religions:
Pagan 6%, Roman Catholic 8%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 72% (2001)
Languages:
English, Latin (spoken by a sizable minority)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 97% (2002 est.)
Government TMP
Country name:
conventional long form: The Superpower of the Phoenix Milita
conventional short form: Phoenix Milita
abbreviation: TPM or PHX
Government type:
Constitution-based federal empire
Capital:
Phoenix, AZ
Dependent areas:
American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island
Independence:
4 July 2001 (from Tyrador)
National holiday:
Independence Day, 4 July (2001)
Constitution:
Definition Field Listing
17 September 2001, effective 4 March 2002
Legal system:
based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal;
Political Parties:
Libreal Party, Green Party, Liberty Party, Republican Party, Imperial Party
Flag description:
A black phoenix emblazend on a red background
Economy TPM
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Economy - overview:
TPM has one of the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of 29,055.83. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. TPM business firms enjoy considerably greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same time, they face higher barriers to entry in their rivals' home markets than the barriers to entry of foreign firms in TPM markets. TPM firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment. The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits.The year 2001 saw the end of boom psychology and performance, with output increasing only 0.3% and unemployment and business failures rising substantially. Moderate recovery took place in 2002 with the GDP growth rate rising to 2.4%. A major short-term problem in first half 2002 was a sharp decline in the stock market, fueled in part by the exposure of dubious accounting practices in some major corporations. The war in March/April 2003 between a TPM-led coalition and Islamaisbad shifted resources to the military. In 2003, growth in output and productivity and the recovery of the stock market to above 10,000 for the Stock Industrial Average were promising signs. Unemployment stayed at the 6% level, however, and began to decline only at the end of the year. Long-term problems include inadequate investment in economic infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, sizable trade and budget deficits, and stagnation of family income in the lower economic groups.
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $10.98 trillion (2003 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
3.1% (2003 est.)
GDP - per capita:
- $29,055.83 (2003 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 2%
industry: 18%
services: 80% (2002 est.)
Population below poverty line:
7% (2003 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 30.5% (2001)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
40.8 (2001)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.1% (2003)
Labor force:
141.8 million (includes unemployed) (2003)
Labor force - by occupation:
managerial, professional, and technical 31%, sales and office 28.9%, services 13.6%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 24.1%, farming, forestry, and fishing 2.4%
note: figures exclude the unemployed (2001)
Unemployment rate:
6.2% (2003)
Budget:
revenues: $1.946 trillion
expenditures: $1.052 trillion, including capital expenditures of NA (2002 est.)
Industries:
one of the leading industrial powers in the world, highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining, arms manufacturing
Industrial production growth rate:
-1% (2003 est.)
Electricity - production:
4.719 trillion kWh (2001)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 40.4%
hydro: 6.6%
other: 12.3% (2001)
nuclear: 40.7%
Electricity - consumption:
3.602 trillion kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:
918.17 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports:
8.48 billion kWh (2001)
Oil - production:
28.054 million bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:
19.65 million bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
8.5 million bbl/day (2002)
Oil - imports:
N/A
Oil - proved reserves:
22.45 billion bbl (1 January 2002)
Natural gas - production:
548.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
640.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
11.16 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
114.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
5.195 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish
Exports:
$714.5 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products
Exports - partners:
Tyrador 23.2%, JSA countries 14.1%, Japan 7.4%, Antarctica123 4.8% (2002)
Imports:
$1.26 trillion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
crude oil and refined petroleum products, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages
Imports - partners:
Tyrador 23.2%, JSA countries 14.1%, Japan 7.4%, Antarctica123 4.8% (2002)
Debt - external:
$4 billion (2001 est.)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $6.9 billion (2002)
Currency:
shell casing (SC)
Currency code:
SC
Exchange Rate:
1 shell casing = $1.4689
Fiscal year:
1 October - 30 September
Communications TPM
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Telephones - main lines in use:
186,232,300 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
140,766,800 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system
domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country
international: country code - 1; 24 ocean cable systems in use; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) (2001)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 4,762, FM 5,542, shortwave 18 (2001)
Television broadcast stations:
more than 1,500 (including nearly 1,000 stations affiliated with the five major networks - NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and PBS TPN; in addition, there are about 9,000 cable TV systems) (2001)
Internet country code:
.tpm
Internet hosts:
115,311,958 (2002)
Internet users:
159 million (2002)
Transportation Phoenix Milita
Railways:
total: 194,731 km mainline routes
standard gauge: 194,731 km 1.435-m gauge
note: represents the aggregate length of roadway of all line-haul railroads including an estimate for class II and III railroads; excludes 135,185 km of yard tracks, sidings, and parallel lines (2000)
Highways:
total: 6,406,296 km
paved: 4,148,395 km (including 74,898 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,257,902 km (2002)
Waterways:
41,009 km
note: navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes
Pipelines:
petroleum products 244,620 km; natural gas 548,665 km (2003)
Merchant marine:
total: 566 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 12,436,658 GRT/14,630,116 DWT
by type: barge carrier 8, bulk 69, cargo 75, chemical tanker 12, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 1, container 100, multi-functional large load carrier 3, passenger 12, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 81, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 83, short-sea/passenger 3, vehicle carrier 12
foreign-owned: Antarctica123 2, Canada 7, Tyrador 17, Malaysia 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 6, Singapore 3, United Kingdom 5
registered in other countries: 670 (2003 est.)
Airports:
14,807 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 5,128
over 3,047 m: 188
2,438 to 3,047 m: 221
914 to 1,523 m: 2,383
under 914 m: 961 (2003 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1,375
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 9,679
under 914 m: 7,796 (2003 est.)
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 1,714
1,524 to 2,437 m: 161
Heliports:
155 (2003 est.)
Military Phoenix Milita
Military branches:
Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Corps, and Coast Guard
Military manpower - military age:
18 years of age (2004 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 173,597,731 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 8,124,164 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$699 billion (2001)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
8.9% (2001)
Domestic Statistics
Government Category: Father Knows Best State
Government Priority: Defence
Economic Rating: All-Consuming
Civil Rights Rating: Average
Political Freedoms: Rare
Income Tax Rate: 41%
Major Industry: Automobile Manufacturing
National Currency: shell casing
National Animal: red fox
Total Population: 2,209,000,000
Government Budget Details
Administration: $817,924,252,809.60 3%
Health: $817,924,252,809.60 3%
Education: $545,282,835,206.40 2%
Defence: $13,904,712,297,763.20 51%
Law & Order: $6,543,394,022,476.80 24%
Commerce: $4,362,262,681,651.20 16%
Social Equality: $272,641,417,603.20 1%
The Phoenix Milita Economic Statistics
Exchange Rate: 1 shell casing = $1.4689
Gross Domestic Product: $64,184,324,564,894.80
GDP Per Capita: $29,055.83
Consumption: $37,050,496,680,000.00
Government Budget: $30,293,490,844,800.00
Government Expenditures: $27,264,141,760,320.00
Goverment Waste: $3,029,349,084,480.00
Exports: $7,674,860,692,574.80
Imports: $7,805,174,568,000.00
Active military personnel: In excess of 12 million as of Sept 2004
Primary Main Battle Tank: T-1 Scorpion A
Primary Rifle: AR-22 Assault Rifle(Weapons System)
Primary Fighter: F-27 Haster Stealth Fighter
The Superpower of The Phoenix Milita
"Lo Que Sea, Cuando Sea, Donde Sea."
<Current Status>
UN Category: Father Knows Best State
Civil Rights:Below Average
Economy:All-Consuming
Political Freedoms:Rare
Location: United States of America
>>>>>>>>The Superpower of The Phoenix Milita is a massive, economically powerful nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.4 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator(Field Marshall Maximus Seville II), who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and the Environment receiving almost no funds by comparison. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.
Space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are sold freely by the government, and military service is compulsory. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The Phoenix Milita's national animal is the red fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the shell casing.
The Phoenix Milita is ranked 11th in the region and 28,017th in the world for Safest Nations.
Background:
The Phoenix Milita was formed July 4th, 2001, by 5 million Tyradorian military hard-liners and thier families. Today TPM is one one of the world's great powers and makes an impact on international trade with its massive and active aircraft production facilities.
Geography TPM
Location:
North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean.
Geographic coordinates:
38 00 N, 97 00 W
Map references:
North America
Area:
total: 9,631,418 sq km
land: 9,161,923 sq km
water: 469,495 sq km
Area - comparative:
Definition Field Listing
about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; about two and a half times the size of Western Europe
Land boundaries:
total: 12,034 km
border countries: Tyrador 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), JSA
Coastline:
19,924 nm
Maritime claims - as described in UNCLOS 2003 (see Notes and Definitions):
territorial sea: 12 NM
contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
continental shelf: not specified
Climate:
mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
Terrain:
vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Death Valley -86 m
highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m
Natural resources:
coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
Land use:
Definition Field Listing
arable land: 19.3%
other: 80.5% (2001 est.)
permanent crops: 0.2%
Irrigated land:
Definition Field Listing
214,000 sq km (2001 est.)
Natural hazards:
tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development
Geography - Mt. McKinley is highest point in North America and Death Valley the lowest point on the continent
People TPM
Population:
2,496,000,000 (Sept. 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 20.8% (male 31,122,974; female 29,713,748)
15-64 years: 66.9% (male 97,756,380; female 98,183,309)
65 years and over: 12.4% (male 15,078,204; female 21,172,956) (2004 est.)
Median age:
total: 36 years
male: 34.7 years
female: 37.4 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.92% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
14.13 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:
8.34 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:
3.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 6.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 7.31 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 79.93 years
male: 78.63 years
female: 80.36 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate:
Definition Field Listing Rank Order
2.07 children born/woman (2004 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Phoneix(i)
adjective: Phoenix
Ethnic groups:
white 77.1%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1.5%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.3%, other 4% (2001)
Religions:
Pagan 6%, Roman Catholic 8%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 72% (2001)
Languages:
English, Latin (spoken by a sizable minority)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 97% (2002 est.)
Government TMP
Country name:
conventional long form: The Superpower of the Phoenix Milita
conventional short form: Phoenix Milita
abbreviation: TPM or PHX
Government type:
Constitution-based federal empire
Capital:
Phoenix, AZ
Dependent areas:
American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island
Independence:
4 July 2001 (from Tyrador)
National holiday:
Independence Day, 4 July (2001)
Constitution:
Definition Field Listing
17 September 2001, effective 4 March 2002
Legal system:
based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal;
Political Parties:
Libreal Party, Green Party, Liberty Party, Republican Party, Imperial Party
Flag description:
A black phoenix emblazend on a red background
Economy TPM
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Economy - overview:
TPM has one of the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of 29,055.83. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. TPM business firms enjoy considerably greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same time, they face higher barriers to entry in their rivals' home markets than the barriers to entry of foreign firms in TPM markets. TPM firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment. The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits.The year 2001 saw the end of boom psychology and performance, with output increasing only 0.3% and unemployment and business failures rising substantially. Moderate recovery took place in 2002 with the GDP growth rate rising to 2.4%. A major short-term problem in first half 2002 was a sharp decline in the stock market, fueled in part by the exposure of dubious accounting practices in some major corporations. The war in March/April 2003 between a TPM-led coalition and Islamaisbad shifted resources to the military. In 2003, growth in output and productivity and the recovery of the stock market to above 10,000 for the Stock Industrial Average were promising signs. Unemployment stayed at the 6% level, however, and began to decline only at the end of the year. Long-term problems include inadequate investment in economic infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, sizable trade and budget deficits, and stagnation of family income in the lower economic groups.
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $10.98 trillion (2003 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
3.1% (2003 est.)
GDP - per capita:
- $29,055.83 (2003 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 2%
industry: 18%
services: 80% (2002 est.)
Population below poverty line:
7% (2003 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 30.5% (2001)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
40.8 (2001)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.1% (2003)
Labor force:
141.8 million (includes unemployed) (2003)
Labor force - by occupation:
managerial, professional, and technical 31%, sales and office 28.9%, services 13.6%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 24.1%, farming, forestry, and fishing 2.4%
note: figures exclude the unemployed (2001)
Unemployment rate:
6.2% (2003)
Budget:
revenues: $1.946 trillion
expenditures: $1.052 trillion, including capital expenditures of NA (2002 est.)
Industries:
one of the leading industrial powers in the world, highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining, arms manufacturing
Industrial production growth rate:
-1% (2003 est.)
Electricity - production:
4.719 trillion kWh (2001)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 40.4%
hydro: 6.6%
other: 12.3% (2001)
nuclear: 40.7%
Electricity - consumption:
3.602 trillion kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:
918.17 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports:
8.48 billion kWh (2001)
Oil - production:
28.054 million bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:
19.65 million bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
8.5 million bbl/day (2002)
Oil - imports:
N/A
Oil - proved reserves:
22.45 billion bbl (1 January 2002)
Natural gas - production:
548.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
640.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
11.16 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
114.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
5.195 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish
Exports:
$714.5 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products
Exports - partners:
Tyrador 23.2%, JSA countries 14.1%, Japan 7.4%, Antarctica123 4.8% (2002)
Imports:
$1.26 trillion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
crude oil and refined petroleum products, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages
Imports - partners:
Tyrador 23.2%, JSA countries 14.1%, Japan 7.4%, Antarctica123 4.8% (2002)
Debt - external:
$4 billion (2001 est.)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $6.9 billion (2002)
Currency:
shell casing (SC)
Currency code:
SC
Exchange Rate:
1 shell casing = $1.4689
Fiscal year:
1 October - 30 September
Communications TPM
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Telephones - main lines in use:
186,232,300 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
140,766,800 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system
domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country
international: country code - 1; 24 ocean cable systems in use; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) (2001)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 4,762, FM 5,542, shortwave 18 (2001)
Television broadcast stations:
more than 1,500 (including nearly 1,000 stations affiliated with the five major networks - NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and PBS TPN; in addition, there are about 9,000 cable TV systems) (2001)
Internet country code:
.tpm
Internet hosts:
115,311,958 (2002)
Internet users:
159 million (2002)
Transportation Phoenix Milita
Railways:
total: 194,731 km mainline routes
standard gauge: 194,731 km 1.435-m gauge
note: represents the aggregate length of roadway of all line-haul railroads including an estimate for class II and III railroads; excludes 135,185 km of yard tracks, sidings, and parallel lines (2000)
Highways:
total: 6,406,296 km
paved: 4,148,395 km (including 74,898 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,257,902 km (2002)
Waterways:
41,009 km
note: navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes
Pipelines:
petroleum products 244,620 km; natural gas 548,665 km (2003)
Merchant marine:
total: 566 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 12,436,658 GRT/14,630,116 DWT
by type: barge carrier 8, bulk 69, cargo 75, chemical tanker 12, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 1, container 100, multi-functional large load carrier 3, passenger 12, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 81, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 83, short-sea/passenger 3, vehicle carrier 12
foreign-owned: Antarctica123 2, Canada 7, Tyrador 17, Malaysia 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 6, Singapore 3, United Kingdom 5
registered in other countries: 670 (2003 est.)
Airports:
14,807 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 5,128
over 3,047 m: 188
2,438 to 3,047 m: 221
914 to 1,523 m: 2,383
under 914 m: 961 (2003 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1,375
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 9,679
under 914 m: 7,796 (2003 est.)
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 1,714
1,524 to 2,437 m: 161
Heliports:
155 (2003 est.)
Military Phoenix Milita
Military branches:
Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Corps, and Coast Guard
Military manpower - military age:
18 years of age (2004 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 173,597,731 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 8,124,164 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$699 billion (2001)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
8.9% (2001)
Domestic Statistics
Government Category: Father Knows Best State
Government Priority: Defence
Economic Rating: All-Consuming
Civil Rights Rating: Average
Political Freedoms: Rare
Income Tax Rate: 41%
Major Industry: Automobile Manufacturing
National Currency: shell casing
National Animal: red fox
Total Population: 2,209,000,000
Government Budget Details
Administration: $817,924,252,809.60 3%
Health: $817,924,252,809.60 3%
Education: $545,282,835,206.40 2%
Defence: $13,904,712,297,763.20 51%
Law & Order: $6,543,394,022,476.80 24%
Commerce: $4,362,262,681,651.20 16%
Social Equality: $272,641,417,603.20 1%
The Phoenix Milita Economic Statistics
Exchange Rate: 1 shell casing = $1.4689
Gross Domestic Product: $64,184,324,564,894.80
GDP Per Capita: $29,055.83
Consumption: $37,050,496,680,000.00
Government Budget: $30,293,490,844,800.00
Government Expenditures: $27,264,141,760,320.00
Goverment Waste: $3,029,349,084,480.00
Exports: $7,674,860,692,574.80
Imports: $7,805,174,568,000.00
Active military personnel: In excess of 12 million as of Sept 2004
Primary Main Battle Tank: T-1 Scorpion A
Primary Rifle: AR-22 Assault Rifle(Weapons System)
Primary Fighter: F-27 Haster Stealth Fighter