27,750 square kilometers Haiti is in the Caribbean Sea. Nearly everyone is a descendant of African slaves brought to Haiti in the 17th and 18th Centuries.
Coffee is the main export product.
Haitian Creole is a local language that combines elements from African languages with elements from French and Spanish. A tiny elite dominates, with only a small middle class of civil servants and professionals. Because of the need for firewood and charcoal, most of the forests have been cut down. These forests were not replaced. This has led to severe soil erosion.