1984 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1984 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Agriculture
diversified agriculture; main crops — wheat, rye, oats, corn, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, hogs, cattle, horses; net food importer — meat, wheat, vegetable oils, fresh fruits and vegetables
Area
127,870 km2; 60% arable; 35% forest; 14% other agricultural; 9% other
Branches
executive — President (elected by Federal Assembly), Cabinet (appointed by President); legislative (Federal Assembly; elected directly — House of Nations, House of the People), Czech and Slovak National Councils (also elected directly) legislate on limited area of regional matters; judiciary — Supreme Court (elected by Federal Assembly); entire governmental structure dominated by Communist Party
Capital
Prague
CNP
$147.1 billion in 1982 (in 1982 dollars), $9,550 per capita; 1982 real growth rate 0.5%
Communists
1.48 million party members and candidate members (November 1982)
Crude steel
15.0 million metric tons produced (1982), 974 kg per capita
Elections
governmental bodies and president every five years (last election June 1981) Dominant political party and leader: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSC), Gustav Husak, General Secretary; Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) has status of "provincial KSC organization"
Electric power
18,645,000 kW capacity (1983); 75.282 billion kWh produced (1983), 4,875 kWh per capita
Ethnic divisions
65% Czech, 30% Slovak, 4.0% Hungarian, 0.6% German, 0.5% Polish, 0.4% Ukrainian, 0.2% other (Jewish, Gypsy)
Exports
$16.265 billion (f.o.b., 1982); 54% machinery, equipment; 17% manufactured consumer goods; 15% fuels, raw materials and metals; 7% foods, food products, live animals, and forestry (1982)
Fiscal year
calendar year
Government leaders
Gustav HUSAK, President; Lubomir STROUGAL, Premier
Imports
$16.219 billion (f.o.b., 1982); 39% fuels, raw materials, and metals; 33% machinery, equipment; 14% foods, food products, live animals, and forestry; 5% manufactured consumer goods (1980)
Labor force
7.8 million; 38.1% industry, 12.5% agriculture, 49.4% construction, communications, and other (1982) Government
Land boundaries
3,540 km People
Language
Czech and Slovak (official), Hungarian
Legal system
civil law system based on Austrian-Hungarian codes, modified by Communist legal theory; revised constitution adopted 1960, amended in 1968 and 1970; no judicial review of legislative acts; legal education at Charles University School of Law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Literacy
99%
Major industries
iron and steel, machinery and equipment, cement, sheet glass, motor vehicles, armaments, chemicals, ceramics, wood, paper products
Major trade partners
USSR, GDR, Poland, Hungary, FRG, Yugoslavia, Austria, Bulgaria, Romania; $32,484 million (1982); 71% with Communist countries, 29% with nonCommunist countries (1982)
Member of
CEMA, FAO, GATT, IAEA, ICAO, ICO, ILO, International Lead and Zinc Study Group, IMO, IPU, ISO, ITC, ITU, UN, UNESCO, UPU, Warsaw Pact, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WSG, WTO Economy
Monetary conversion rate
6.45 koronas=US$l (October 1983)
National holiday
Liberation Day, 9 May
Nationality
noun — Czechoslovak(s); adjective — Czechoslovak
Official name
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (CSSR)
Other political groups
puppet parties — Czechoslovak Socialist Party, Czechoslovak People's Party, Slovak Freedom Party, Slovak Revival Party
Political subdivisions
2 ostensibly separate and nominally autonomous republics (Czech Socialist Republic and Slovak Socialist Republic); seven regions (kraj) in Czech lands, three regions in Slovakia; national capitals of Prague and Bratislava have regional status
Population
15,466,000 (July 1984), average annual growth rate 0.3%
Religion
77% Roman Catholic, 20% Protestant, 2% Orthodox, 1 % other
Shortages
ores, crude oil
Suffrage
universal over age 18
Type
Communist state
Voting strength
(1981 election) 99.96% for Communist-sponsored single slate