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Geography - note:
strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits; a peninsular country, possessing an archipelago of about 2,000 islands

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,459,988 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,018,557 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 58,399 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$5.89 billion (2004)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
4.3% (2003)

Disputes - international:
Greece and Turkey continue discussions to resolve their complex maritime, air, territorial, and boundary disputes in the Aegean Sea; Cyprus question with Turkey; Greece rejects the use of the name Macedonia or Republic of Macedonia

Illicit drugs:
a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime