Official name: Slovak Republic

Date of the republic's establishment: 1.1.1993

Area: 49,035 sq km

Population: 5,439,448 inhabitants (51.4? women)

Population density: 109.9/sq km

State organization: republic

Political system: parliamentary democracy

Official language: Slovak

Capital city: Bratislava (population 452,819)

Constitutional system:
Executive branch - (president of the SR a government of the SR),
Legislative branch - (National Council of the SR),
Judicial branch - Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Council); Constitutional Court (judges appointed by president from group of nominees approved by the National Council); Special Court (judges elected by a council of judges and appointed by president)

Administrative divisions: 8 regions (Banskobystricky, Bratislavsky, Kosicky, Nitriansky, Presovsky, Trenciansky, Trnavsky, Zilinsky), 79 districts

Border countries: Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 215 km, Hungary 677 km, Poland 444 km, Ukraine 97 km

Ethnic groups: Slovak (85.8%), Hungarian (9.7%), Roma (1.7%), Czech (1.1%), Ruthenian/Ukrainian (1%), Russian, German, Polish and others (1%)

Religion: Roman Catholic 68.9%, Protestant 10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%, none 13%

Main political parties represented in the National Council: Smer, Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ), Slovak National Party (SNS), Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK/MK), People` s Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (LS - HZDS), Christian Democratic Movement (KDH)

President: Ivan Gašparovič (since June 15 2004)

Prime Minister: Róbert Fico (since July 4 2006)

Currency: Euro (since January 1, 2009); conversion rate: 1 EUR = 30,1260 SKK

Membership in International Organizations: CERN, EU, Interpol, NATO, OECD, OSCE, UN, UNESCO, WHO, WTO