Georgia (Country)
Military: Georgia
Military branches:
Georgian Armed Forces: Land Forces (include Air and Air Defense Forces); separatist Abkhazia Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Air Forces; separatist South Ossetia Armed Forces
note: Georgian naval forces have been incorporated into the coast guard, which is not part of the Defense Ministry (2011)
Military service age and obligation:
18 to 34 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,080,840
females age 16-49: 1,122,031 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 893,003
females age 16-49: 931,683 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 29,723
female: 27,242 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
country comparison to the world: 75
Transnational Issues: Georgia
Disputes - international:
Russia's military support and subsequent recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence in 2008 continue to sour relations with Georgia
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 268,415 - 280,000 (displaced in the 1990s and 2008 from Abkhazia and South Ossetia) (2012)
stateless persons: 1,156 (2012)
Illicit drugs:
limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for domestic consumption; used as transshipment point for opiates via Central Asia to Western Europe and Russia