"Malta of gold, Malta of silver, Malta of precious metal, We shall never take you! No, not even if you were as soft as a gourd, Not even if you were protected by an onion skin! And from her ramparts a voice replied: `I am she who decimated the galleys of the Turk And all the warriors of Constantinople and Galata."

-Malta Of Gold, History of Malta and the War between the Knights and the Grand Turk (Vendome, Paris, 1910)

Size

316 km²

Population

357,000

Capital

Valletta (Il-Belt)

Language

Maltese and English, but it wouldn't be difficult to find a Maltese that speaks the language required, especially if it is a European language.

Currency

Maltese Lira (Lm), also commonly known as the Maltese Pound AUS$1=Lm£0.25c

Member Nations

UNO Council Of Europe Commonwealth Of Nations Partial member of the EEC

Military Power

Minor/Insignificant Power Within 24 hours - 90,000 man reserve force

Location

Mediteranean, exactly 1600km (1000 Miles) away from Gibraltar and Port Said 87Km (59 Miles) south of Sicily 330Km (220 Miles) North of Tripoli, Libya

Physical

Malta, the Main Island Gozo (Ghawdex) Comino (Kumuna) Cominotto (uninhabited) Fifla (uninhabited) St. Pauls Isle (Il-Gzejjer) (uninhabited)

Trivia

The First Christian nation, converted by Paul (60 AD)

The first Collosus was built on Malta, Fertility Mother (Stone Age)

Malta is the home of the second and third largest domed structures in the world The Cathedral Of Mosta, Malta (2nd) Xewkija Church, Gozo (3rd)

The only country to receive the Georges Cross for valour