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INDIA

Capital : New Delhi

Language : Hindi, English, 17 regional languages (Telugu, Bengali, Tamil, etc.)

Major Religion : Hinduism, Islam (11%)

Population : Two hundred million buhzillion trillion

Currency : Rupee

GNP : 357,759 million

Selected Crops : Cotton lint, sorghum

Selected Industrial Products : Sewing machines, pig-iron, jute

Contribution to Jeff's Literary Career :
"The Sea, Mendeho, and Moonlight" in 2001, a magazine that was the Indian equivalent of Omni. [Note: "A Heart for Lucretia" was also accepted by 2001, but the author never received a contributor copy and so cannot confirm publication.]

Fun Fact :
- Jeff's mum has a Master's Degree in Indian folk art
- As a kid, Jeff once visited India for a month, a week of it spent huddling in New Delhi at the YMCA, waiting for emergency money to arrive from the Peace Corps...
- Shortly thereafter, Jeff was permanently traumatized by a monkey at the Calcutta zoo that grabbed his arm and tried to bite him

[Note: All country-specific information derives from The Europa World Year Book, 1999, Volumes I and II, 40th edition, from Europa Publications.]