Lithuania vs USA Challenge - USA Thread

[Pablo]

Hey, we're not in France!!
Ok some facts on Lithuania:

Location: Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia
Edit: some sources say - the center of Europe
Geographic coordinates: 56 00 N, 24 00 E
Map references: Europe
Area: total: 65,200 sq km
Land boundaries: total: 1,273 km
border countries: Belarus 502 km, Latvia 453 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km
Coastline: 99 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 NM
Climate: transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
Terrain: lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Juozapines Kalnas 292 m
Natural resources: peat, arable land
Land use: arable land: 39%
permanent crops: 9%
permanent pastures: 6%
forests and woodland: 31%
other: 15% (2001 est.)
Irrigated land: 430 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: NA
Population: 3,610,535 (July 2001 est.)
Ethnic Groups: Lithuanian 80.6%, Russian 8.7%, Polish 7%, Byelorussian 1.6%, other 2.1%
Religions: Roman Catholic (primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical Christian Baptist, Muslim, Jewish
Languages: Lithuanian (official), Russian, Polish
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write
Country name: Republic of Lithuania
conventional short form: Lithuania
Government type: parliamentary democracy
Capital: Vilnius
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[ July 23, 2003, 22:01: Message edited by: Pablo ]