Slovakia
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesCountry name - conventional long form : Slovak Republic
Country name - conventional short form : Slovakia
Country name - local long form : Slovenska Republika
Country name - local short form : Slovensko
Government type : parliamentary democracy
Capital - name : Bratislava
Capital - time difference : UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
National holiday : Constitution Day, 1 September (1992)
Population : 5,455,407 (July 2008 est.)
Nationality - noun : Slovak(s)
Nationality - adjective : Slovak
Languages : Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6% (2001 census)
Currency (code) : Slovak koruna (SKK)
Currency code : SKK
Slovakia is located Central Europe, south of Poland. The climate is temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters. The terrain is rugged mountains in the central and northern part and lowlands in the south.
Background
This entry usually highlights major historic events and current issues and may include a statement about one or two key future trends.Background : The dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the close of World War I allowed the Slovaks to join the closely related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos of World War II, Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation within Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. Soviet influence collapsed in 1989 and Czechoslovakia once more became free. The Slovaks and the Czechs agreed to separate peacefully on 1 January 1993. Slovakia joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004.
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