VITAL STATISTICS
Capital: Kambing
Area: 6,348 square miles
Population: 963,280
Flag: two blue vertical stripes
flanking a green vertical stripe
Monetary unit: Rengan pound
(p) .34 per U.S. Dollar
Minerals: zirconium, manganese,
tungsten, silver, gold, bituminous and sub-bituminous coal, iron
Power: thermal: 54 % Fossil
fuels: 26% Hydroelectric: 10% other: Solar and wind
Exports: wool, textiles,
electronic components, fish (tuna, sea bass, mullet) precision tools,
refined zirconium, zircon, crafts, alcoholic beverages, cheese.
Largest City: Kambing, pop.
123, 246
GNP: $1,550 per capita (approx.)
International trade is 28%
of GNP (approx.)
Literacy: 94%
Tourism: 10,000 per annum
Climate: Warm temperate.
Full summer, mild winter with rainy season (winter) and the dry approximately
even at 6 months each. Frost occurs in some years only. Mean temp. 54-71°
F. July and August are months of heaviest rainfall
One Rengan Pound = 20 shillings
= 240 pence
Highest mountain: Kihboh,
5,424 feet, most promontories no higher than 2,000 feet.
Soil: Alfisoils, with adequate
lime and fertilizer they will support continued agriculture for a large
variety of crops.
Sea depths on surrounding
continental shelf no deeper than 5,000 feet (1,700 m)
Primary grains: wheat, millet,
rice, corn
Fruits: citrus, apple family,
grapes
Imports: Machinery, machine
parts, steel
Language: English and Renganese
Time zone: +6 GMT
National animal: Mountain
goat
National flower: Snake Gourd
or Valley Lute
National bird: Egret
Animals included some small
marsupials, vegetation is semi-tropical to warm temperate in variety.
The islands are mountainous on a substantial continental shelf. The
Kambing River Valley is the most fertile and the center of agriculture.
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