[nation_taiwanese] ; Area: 36,000 sq. kilometers (14,400 sq. miles) ; Capital: Taipei (2.6 million people) ; Language: Mandarin Chinese; Ho'lok; Hakka; English; Japanese ; Chief of state: President elected directly by voters; limited to two, ; four-year terms. ; National government: Multiparty republic consisting of presidency, ; Population (2000): 23,150,000. Population density at 620 per sq. kilometer. ; Ethnic groups: Han Chinese (98 percent), aboriginal (1.7 percent) ; Life expectancy (1998): 72 years for males ; 78 years for females ; GNP (1998): US$262.2 billion ; Per Capita Income (1998): US$10,918 ; Gross domestic product (1998): U.S.$261.6 billion (U.S.$12,009 per capita) ; Average household size (1996): 3.6 people ; Average household income (1996): U.S.$36,470 name=_("Taiwanese") plural=_("?plural:Taiwanese") leader="Zheng Cheng-Gong", "Kue Huai-yit", "Lau Ming-tuan", "Mona Ludao", "Lee Teng-Hui", "Chen Sui-Bian" leader_sex="Male", "Male", "Male", "Male", "Male", "Male" flag="f.taiwan" flag_alt = "-" city_style = "Classical" ruler_titles = { "government", "male_title", "female_title" "Despotism", _("Governor"), _("Governor") "Republic", _("President"), _("President") "Democracy", _("Prime Minister"), _("Prime Minister") } attack=0 expand=2 civilized=2 advisors=100,100,100,100,100,100,100 tech_goals = "Monarchy", "Iron Working", "Trade", "Navigation", "Railroad", "Steel", "Industrialization", "Computers" wonder="Magellan's Expedition" government="Democracy" cities = "Taipei", "Kaoshiung", "Taichung", "Tainan", "Taoyuan", "Hsinchu", "Pintung", "Changhua", "Yilan", "Hualien", "Yunlin", "Chiaya", "Taidung", "Kending", "Keelung", "Nantou", "Penghu", "Lanyu"