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[b]Official Name of Nation:[/b] Republic of Korea
[b]Common Name of Nation:[/b] South Korea

[b]Capital and Largest City:[/b] Seoul

[b]Official Languages:[/b] Korean
[b]Official Written Language:[/b] Hangul

[b]Ethnic Groups:[/b] Homogenously Korean

[b]Government Type:[/b] Unitary State, Presidential Republic

[b]President of Korea:[/b] Park Geun-hye
[b]Prime Minister of Korea:[/b] Jung Hong-won
[b]Speaker of the National Assembly:[/b] Kang Chang-hee
[b]Chief Justice:[/b] Yang Sung-tae

[b]Legislature:[/b] The National Assembly (Gukhoe), a 300-member unicameral legislature with 246 represented by single-member constituencies and 54 allocated by proportional representation. 

[b]Formation:[/b] The first Korean state was founded in 2333 BC, with Korea having been divided in 1945 and the Republic formed in 1948.

[b]Square Land Area:[/b] 100,032 square km
[b]Coastline Area:[/b] 2,413 km
[b]Shared Border Area:[/b] 238 km

[b]GDP (PPP)[/b] $1.755 trillion 
[b]Defence Budget[/b] $33 billion
[b]External Debt[/b] $397.3 billion 
[b]Reserves of Foreign Exchange and Gold[/b] $346,460 million
[b]GDP (Nominal)[/b] $1.271 trillion
[b]Gini Index[/b] 31.3
[b]HDI Index[/b] 0.909

[b]Currency:[/b] The Korean Won, with ₩1 being equal to $0.00093 

[b]Drives on:[/b] the right.

[b]CAPABILITIES[/b]

[b]Total Population[/b] 50,219,669
[b]Available Manpower[/b] 25,609,290
[b]Fit for Military Service[/b] 21,033,275
[b]Reaching Military Age Annually[/b] 686,985
[b]Active Frontline Personnel[/b] 640,000
[b]Reserve Personnel[/b] 2,900,000

[b]Labour Forces:[/b] 25,500,000
[b]Merchant Marine Strength:[/b] 786
[b]Major Ports and Terminals:[/b] 8
[b]Roadway Coverage:[/b] 103,029 km
[b]Railway Coverage:[/b] 3,3810 km
[b]Serviceable Airports:[/b] 111

[b]Oil Production (bbl/day):[/b] 48,200
[b]Oil Consumption (bbl/day):[/b] 2,200,000
[b]Proven Reserves in Total:[/b] 6,000,000

[b]Tanks:[/b] 2,346
[b]Armored Fighting Vehicles:[/b] 2,880
[b]Self-Propelled Guns:[/b] 2,258
[b]Towed Artillery Pieces:[/b] 5,424
[b]Rocket Projectors (MLRS):[/b] 250

[b]Total Aircraft:[/b] 1,393
[b]Helicopters:[/b] 659

[b]Total Ships:[/b] 166
[b]Aircraft Carriers:[/b] 0
[b]Frigates:[/b] 10
[b]Destroyers:[/b] 12
[b]Corvettes:[/b] 21
[b]Submarines:[/b] 14
[b]Coastal Defence Craft:[/b] 84
[b]Mine Warfare Craft:[/b] 10

[b]Nuclear Capabilities:[/b] Korea has no nuclear weapons, but possesses nuclear latency.