21.   The island republic has no natural resources except a strategic location on a maritime crossroads and the skills of its population.

22.   The new Yugoslavia insists the breakaway republics have no right to assets because they seceded from the old federation.

23.   The other panelists were less hostile but insisted that the Bosnian Serb republic have special relations with Serbia.

24.   The republic has a sizeable Muslim population.

25.   The two republics have until June to complete the makeover of the future country and proclaim a new constitution.

26.   The tiny republic has many Djukanovic supporters but also ones loyal to Serbia and Milosevic.

27.   The tiny republic has many Djukanovic supporters but also those loyal to Serbia and Milosevic.

28.   The tiny but strategically placed Caucasus republic has oil deposits and refineries and may permit the construction of a pipeline to carry Caspian Sea oil.

29.   The two neighboring, Slavic ex-Soviet republics have close cultural, linguistic and religious ties.

30.   The war-torn southern republic has chronic shortages of medicines, and thousands of people have been dislocated.