Neutral Zone

Background: A Neutral territory is a territory (not a sovereign state) that is not an integral part of any state (neither independent, nor dependent on a single state, nor colonized or under protectorate, nor a concession), nor under joint rule (unlike a condominium), and yet is not terra nullius, but is the object of an agreement under international law between at least two parties (usually bordering states and/or their colonisators etcetera) that neither shall establish, at least for the duration of the agreement's validity, effective control over it.
Location:
Climate and Terrain: total: 510.072 million sq km. land: 148.94 million sq km. water: 361.132 million sq km. note: 70.8% of the world's surface is water, 29.2% is land. Area - comparative: land area about 16 times the size of the US. arable land: 13.31%. permanent crops: 4.71%. other: 81.98% (2005).
People: 6,525,170,264 (July 2006 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.4% (male 919,219,446/female 870,242,271) 15-64 years: 65.2% (male 2,152,066,888/female 2,100,334,722) 65 years and over: 7.4% (male 213,160,216/female 270,146,721) total: 27.6 years. male: 27 years. female: 28.2 years (2006 est.). Population growth rate: 1.14% (2006 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female. under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female. 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female. total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2006 est.). Life expectancy at birth: total population: 64.77 years. male: 63.16 years. female: 66.47 years (2006 est.). Religions: Christians 33.03% (of which Roman Catholics 17.33%, Protestants 5.8%, Orthodox 3.42%, Anglicans 1.23%), Muslims 20.12%, Hindus 13.34%, Buddhists 5.89%, Sikhs 0.39%, Jews 0.23%, other religions 12.61%, non-religious 12.03%, atheists 2.36% (2004 est.). Languages: Mandarin Chinese 13.69%, Spanish 5.05%, English 4.84%, Hindi 2.82%, Portuguese 2.77%, Bengali 2.68%, Russian 2.27%, Japanese 1.99%, Standard German 1.49%, Wu Chinese 1.21% (2004 est.).
Economy overview: Global output rose by 4.4% in 2005, led by China (9.3%), India (7.6%), and Russia (5.9%). The other 14 successor nations of the USSR and the other old Warsaw Pact nations again experienced widely divergent growth rates; the three Baltic nations continued as strong performers, in the 7% range of growth. Growth results posted by the major industrial countries varied from no gain for Italy to a strong gain by the United States (3.5%).

Statistics: Telephones - main lines in use: 1,206,315,500 (2004). Telephones - mobile cellular: 1,752,183,600 (2004). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 10,350 (2000 est.). Internet users: 1,018,057,389 (2005). Transportation World Airports: 49,973 (2005). Railways: total: 1,115,205 km. Roadways: total: 32,345,165 km paved: 19,403,061 km unpaved: 12,942,104 km (2002). Merchant marine: total: 32,264 ships (1000 GRT or over) (2005 est.).