Geography :

The Slovak landscape is mountainous terrain, Karpat mountain range occupies more than half of the northern part of the country. The highest part of the Carpathians, Mount High Tatras, which is located near the town Poprad. National Park High Tatras is a popular holiday destination for mountain recreation, mountaineering and mountain tourism. Among many mountain lakes, streams and waterfalls surrounded the highest point of Slovakia and Carpathian Mountains - Gerlachovsky Peak (Gerlachovský štit) with height of 2655 m. The flat part of the country is located mainly in the south (along the Danube) and the south-eastern parts of Slovakia. Major rivers of Slovakia are Danube River and Hron.

Its population is 5.38 million people. Most of Slovak inhabitants are ethnic Slovaks (86%). Hungarians, the largest minority (10%), are settled mainly in the southern and eastern regions of the country. Other ethnic groups include Gypsy, Czech, Ruthenian, Ukrainian, German and Polish. Most of population (69%) are Catholics; The second largest group of Protestants,11% are Lutherans (mainly Slovak) and Reformed (mainly German), Catholics (14%) and Orthodox (1%). About 2,300 Jews left of the pre-war population which was about 120.000. The official state language is Slovak, which was one of the Slavic languages. However Hungarian has an equal circulation in the southern Slovakia.

Politics:

The Head of State in Slovakia is the President, who is elected by direct universal suffrage for a term of five years. Most of executive power is in the authority of the Prime Minister, who is usually the leader of the party or coalition of a majority in the elections of the parliament and is appointed by the President. The rest of cabinet is appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. The supreme legislative body of Slovakia is 150-local one-chamber parliament of the Slovak Republic (Národná Rada Slovenskej Republiky). Delegates are elected for a four-year term on the basis of equal representation. Parliament can be sent away by the President if he three times after election does not agree with the solution of the Parliament

Economy :

Slovakia has already overcome most of the difficult transition from a centrally planned economics to a modern market economics. In 2001 the government had significant progress in macroeconomic stabilization and structural reforms. Mostly completed privatisation, the banking sector is almost completely in the hands of foreign financial companies, and foreign investment is growing. Exchange rate of Slovak koruna is stable and slowly but steadily lowered against the American dollar. Between 1999 and 2006 the value of the American dollar against the Slovak crown has doubled. The recovery of domestic demand in 2002. ,partly thanks to the increase of income, offset the slower growth of exports, helping the economy to grow steadily. Unemployment reached at the end of 2001, 19.8% in 2003, significantly reduced. Currently, the Slovak economy is one of the most stable in the countries of Eastern Europe, and is becoming more attractive to foreign investors.