Czech Republic
Military: Czech Republic
Military branches:
Army of the Czech Republic (Armada Ceske Republiky): Joint Forces Command (Spolocene Sily; includes Land Forces (Pozemni Sily) and Air Forces (Vzdusne Sily)) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
18-28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 2,506,826
females age 16-49: 2,407,634 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 2,072,267
females age 16-49: 1,988,839 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 49,999
female: 47,501 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
1% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 124
Transnational Issues: Czech Republic
Disputes - international:
while threats of international legal action never materialized in 2007, 915,220 Austrians, with the support of the popular Freedom Party, signed a petition in January 2008, demanding that Austria block the Czech Republic's accession to the EU unless Prague closes its controversial Soviet-style nuclear plant in Temelin, bordering Austria
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
stateless persons: 1,502 (2012)
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and minor transit point for Latin American cocaine to Western Europe; producer of synthetic drugs for local and regional markets; susceptible to money laundering related to drug trafficking, organized crime; significant consumer of ecstasy (2008)