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JAPAN

Capital : Tokyo

Language : Japanese

Major Religion : Shintoism, Buddhism

Population : 126,065,000

Currency : Yen

GNP : 5,149,185 million

Selected Crops : Onions, sugar beets, WHALES!?!

Selected Industrial Products : Cameras, ferro-alloys, manga

Contribution to Jeff's Literary Career :
"The Flower Vendor", published by The Plaza, a Japanese-English arts journal distributed in Japan

Fun Fact :
Japan harvested 444.2 million metric tons of Japanese flying squid in 1997. That's enough squid to cover all of New Jersey in squid to a depth of five inches (if you spread them out properly)

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