Guess what COUNTRY this is??

• 1. This country is a small island country. 2. The political status of this country is disputable. 3. The political system in this country is a representative democratic republic. The President is the head of state; Premier is the head of government. 4. Thd GDP per capita of this country is $27,600 (2005 est, rank 24th in the world, equals the EU average.). 5. The population of this country as of July 2006 is about 23 million. 6. It's a member of "APEC". 7. This country has a trade surplus with the United States ($8.7 billion at 2002). 8. This country is the 8th largest trading partner of the United States. Meanwhile, US is the second largest trading partner of this country. 9. The armed forces number of this country is approximately 300,000, and reserves reportedly total 3,870,000.

• Answer:

  Taiwan