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Official Name of Nation: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Common Name of Nation: Korea, DPRK, North Korea (Not used within the country)
Motto: 강성대국 (Powerful and Prosperous Nation)
Anthem: Aegukka (Patriotic Song)

Capital and Largest City: Pyongyang

Official Languages: Korean
Official Scripts: Chosŏngul

Ethnic Groups: Racially homogeneous: Koreans; small Chinese community, a few ethnic Japanese and Ethnic Vietnamese

Government Type: Juche single party state

Eternal President: Kim Il Sung
Eternal WPK General Secretary: Kim Jong Il
Supreme Leader: Kim Jong Un
Chairman of the National Assembly: Kim Yong Nam
Premier: Pak Pong Ju

Legislature: Supreme People’s Assembly

Establishment
-Liberation: 15 August 1945
-Formal Declaration: 9 September 1948

Land Area: 120,540 km2
Coastline: 2,495 km

GDP (PPP): $40 billion
GDP Per Capita (PPP): $1,800
GDP (Nominal): $12.4 billion
GDP Per Capita (Nominal): $506
GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
-agriculture: 23.4%
-industry: 47.2%
-services: 29.4%
Gross External Debt: $20 billion
Gini Index: 31
HDI Index: Data Unavailable
Defence Budget: ~$10 billion (~25% of GDP)

Exports: $2.061 billion
Export Goods: Minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures (including armaments), textiles, agricultural and fishery products, coal, iron ore, limestone, graphite, copper, zinc, and lead.
Imports: $3.574 billion
Export Goods: Petroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment, textiles, and grain

Currency: North Korean Won (₩) [Not available for Exchange]

Drives on: Right

Total Population: 24,554,000
Labour Force: 12,600,000
Merchant Marine Strength: 158
Conscription age: 17
Available for Military Service: 6,515,279 males, ,6,418,693 females
Fit for Military Service: 4,836,567 males, 5,230,137 females
Reaching Military Age Annually: 207,737 males, 204,553 females 
Active Personnel: 1,106,000
Reserve Personnel: 8,200,000

Tanks: 4,060
Armored Personnel Carriers: 4,788
Self-Propelled Guns: 2,500
Artillery Pieces: 17,900
Air Defence Guns: 11,000
Total Aircraft: 1,748
-Fighters: 478
-Bombers: 478
Total Ships: 915

Nuclear Capabilities: 12-27 nuclear weapons equivalents 
Maximum missile range: 4,000 km