Travel - CROATIA

Location: Balkans - Official Name: Republic of Croatia -

Formation: 1991 - Capital: Zagreb - Population: 4.7 Million -

Total Area: 21,831 Sq Miles - Languages: Croatian, Serbian,

Hungarian (Magyar), Slovenian - Religions: Roman Catholic

76%, Orthodox 11%, Muslim 1%, Other 12% - Ethnic Mix:

Croat 78%, Serb 12%, Yugoslav 2%, Other 8% - Government:

Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Kuna (100 Lipa) -

Literacy Rate: 98.3% -

Travel - CYPRUS

Location: Southeast Europe - Official Name: Republic of Cyprus -

Formation: 1960 - Capital: Nicosia - Population: 790,000 -

Total Area: 3,571 Sq Miles - Languages: Greek, Turkish, English -

Religions: Greek Orthodox 73%, Muslim 23%, Other 4% -Ethnic

Mix: Greek 77%, Turkish 18%, Other (mainly British) 5% -

Government: Presidential Democracy - Currency: Cyprus pound/

Turkish Lira - Literacy Rate: 97.1% -

Travel - CZECH REPUBLIC

Location: Central Europe - Official Name: Czech Republic -

Formation: 1993 - Capital: Prague - Population: 10.3 million -

Total Area: 30,450 Sq Miles - Languages: Czech, Slovak, Romany,

Hungarian (Magyar) - Religions: Roman Catholic 39%, Atheist 38%,

Protestant 3%, Hussites 2%, Other 18% - Ethnic Mix: Czech 81%,

Moravian 13%, Slovak 6% - Government: Parliamentary Democracy -

Currency: Czech Koruna (100 Halura) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - DENMARK

Location: Northern Europe - Official Name: Kingdom of Denmark -

Formation: AD 950 / 1944 - Capital: Copenhagen - Population:

5.3 Million - Total Area: 16,639 Sq Miles - Languages: Danish,

Faeroese, Inuit - Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Roman

Catholic 1%, Other 10% - Ethnic Mix: Danish 96%, Faeroe & Inuit

1%, Other (Incl Scandinavian) 3% - Government: Parliamentary

Democracy - Currency: Danish Krone (100 Ore) - Literacy

Rate: 99% -

Travel - ESTONIA

Location: Northeast Europe - Official Name: Republic of Estonia -

Formation: 1991 - Capital: Tallinn - Population: 1.4 Million -

Total Area: 17,462 Sq Miles - Languages: Estonian, Russian -

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 56%, Russian Orthodox 25%,

Other 19% - Ethnic Mix: Estonian 62%, Russian 30%, Other 8% -

Government: Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Kroon

(100 cents) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - FINLAND

Location: Northern Europe - Official Name: Republic of Finland -

Formation: 1917 - Capital: Helsinki - Population: 5.2 Million -

Total Area: 130,127 Sq Miles - Languages: Finnish, Swedish,

Sami - Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Finnish Orthodox

1%, Roman Catholic 1%, Other 9% - Ethnic Mix: Finnish 93%,

Other (Incl Sami) 7% - Government: Parliamentary Democracy -

Currency: Euro (100 Cents) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - FRANCE

Location: Western Europe - Official Name: French Republic -

Formation: 987 - Capital: Paris - Population: 59.5 Million -

Total Area: 211,208 Sq Miles - Languages: French, Provenial,

German, Breton, Catalan, Basque - Religions: Roman Catholic

88%, Muslim 8%, Protestant 2%, Other 2% - Ethnic Mix: French

90%, North African 6%, German 2%, Other 2% - Government:

Multiparty republic - Currency: Euro (100 Cents) - Literacy

Rate: 99% -

Travel - GEORGIA

Location: Caucasus - Official Name: Georgia - Formation:

1991 - Capital: Tbilisi - Population: 5.2 Million - Total Area:

26,911 Sq Miles - Languages: Georgian, Russian - Religions:

Georgian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%,

Armenian Orthodox 8%, Unknown 6% - Ethnic Mix: Georgian

70%, Armenian 8%, Russian 6%, Azeri 6%, Ossetian 3%, Other

7% - Government: Presidential democracy - Currency: Lari

(100 Tetri) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - GERMANY

Location: Northern Europe - Official Name: Federal republic

of Germany - Formation: 1871 - Capital: Berlin - Population:

82 Million - Total Area: 137,846 Sq Miles - Languages: German,

Turkish - Religions: Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 33%,

Muslim 3%, Other 30% - Ethnic Mix: German 92%, Other 8% -

Government: Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Euro

(100 Cents) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - GREECE

Location: Balkans - Official Name: Hellenic Republic -

Formation: 1829 - Capital: Athens - Population: 10.6 Million -

Total Area: 50,942 Sq Miles - Languages: Greek, Turkish,

Macedonian, Albanian - Religions: Greek Orthodox 98%,

Muslim 1%, Other 1% - Ethnic Mix: Greek 98%, Other 2% -

Government: Presidential Democracy - Currency: Euro

(100 Cents) - Literacy Rate: 97.3% -

Travel - HUNGARY

Location: Central Europe - Official Name: Republic of

Hungary - Formation: 1918 - Capital: Budapest - Population:

9.9 Million - Total Area: 35,919 Sq Miles - Languages:

Hungarian (Magyar) 90%, German 2%, Romany 1%, Slovak 1%,

Other 6% - Religions: Roman Catholic 64%, Calvinist 20%, Non

Religious 7%, Lutheran 4%, Other 5% - Ethnic Mix: Hungarian

(Magyar) 90%, German 2%, Romany 1%, Slovak 1%, Other 6% -

Government: Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Forint

(100 Filler) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - ICELAND

Location: Northwest Europe - Official Name: Republic of

Iceland - Formation: 1944 - Capital: Reykjavik - Population:

281,000 - Total Area: 39,768 Sq Miles - Languages: Icelandic,

English, Other - Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 93%, Non

religious 6%, Other Christian 1% - Ethnic Mix: Icelandic

(Norwegian-Celtic descent) 94%, Danish 1%, Other 5% -

Government: Parliamentary Democracy - Currency:

Icelandic Krona (100 Aurar) -Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - IRELAND

Location: Northwest Europe - Official Name: Ireland -

Formation: 1922 - Capital: Dublin - Population: 3.8 Million -

Total Area: 27,135 Sq Miles - Languages: English, Irish Gaelic -

Religions: Roman Catholic 88%, Anglican 3%, Other & Non

Religious 9% - Ethnic Mix: Irish 95%, Other %% - Government:

Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Euro (100 Cents) -

Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - ITALY

Location: Southern Europe - Official Name: Italian Republic -

Formation: 1861 - Capital: Rome - Population: 57.5 Million -

Total Area: 116,305 Sq Miles - Languages: Italian, German,

French, Rhaeto-Romanic, Sardinian - Religions: Roman

Catholic 83%, Other & Non Religious 17% - Ethnic Mix:

Italian 94%, Sardinian 2%, Other 4% - Government:

Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Euro (100 Cents) -

Literacy Rate: 98.4% -

Travel - LATVIA

Location: Northeast Europe - Official Name: Republic of

Latvia - Formation: 1991 - Capital: Riga - Population: 2.4

Million - Total Area: 24,938 Sq Miles - Languages: Latvian,

Russian - Religions: Lutheran 55%, Roman Catholic 24%,

Russian Orthodox 9%, Other 12% - Ethnic Mix: Latvian 57%,

Russian 32%, Belarussian 4%, Ukrainian 3%, Other 4% -

Government: Presidential Democracy -Currency: Lat

(100 Santimi) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - LIECHTENSTEIN

Location: Central Europe - Official Name: Principality of

Liechtenstein - Formation: 1719 - Capital: Vaduz -

Population: 32,200 - Total Area: 62 Sq Miles - Languages:

German, Alemannish Dialect, Italian - Religions: Roman

Catholic 81%, Protestant 7%, Other 12% - Ethnic Mix:

Liectensteiner 63%, Swiss 15%, German 9%, Other 13% -

Government: Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Swiss

Franc (100 Centimes) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - LITHUANIA

Location: Northeast Europe - Official Name: Republic of

Lithuania - Formation: 1991 - Capital: Vilnius - Population:

3.7 Million - Total Area: 25,174 Sq Miles - Languages: Lithuanian,

Russian - Religions: Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 5%, Other

12% - Ethnic Mix: Lithuanian 80%, Russian 9%, Polish 7%,

Belarussian 2%, Other 2% - Government: Parliamentary

Democracy - Currency: Litas (100 Centas) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - LUXEMBOURG

Location: Northwest Europe - Official Name: Grand Duchy of

Luxembourg - Formation: 1867 - Capital: Luxembourg -

Population: 442,000 - Total Area: 998 Sq Miles - Languages:

French, German, Luxembourgish, Portuguese, Italian, Other -

Religions: Roman Catholic 97%, Other 3% - Ethnic Mix:

Luxembourger 73%, Foreign Residents 27% - Government:

Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Euro (100 Cents) -

Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - MACEDONIA

Location: Balkans - Official Name: Former Yugoslav Republic

of Macedonia - Formation: 1991 - Capital: Skopje - Population:

2 Million - Total Area: 9,781 Sq Miles - Languages: Macedonian,

Albanian, Serbo-Croat (no official Language) - Religions: Christian

74%, Muslim 26% - Ethnic Mix: Macedonian 67%, Albanian 23%,

Turkish 4%, Serb 2%, Other 4% - Government: Multiparty

Republic - Currency: Macedonian Denar (100 Deni) - Literacy

Rate: 94% -

Travel - MALTA

Location: Southern Europe - Official Name: Republic of Malta -

Formation: 1964 - Capital: Valletta - Population: 392,000 -

Total Area: 122 Sq Miles - Languages: Maltese, English - Religions:

Roman Catholic 98%, Other & Non Religious 2% - Ethnic Mix: Maltese

(Mix Arab, Sicilian, Norman, Spanish, Italian, English) 96%, Other 4% -

Government: Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Maltese Lira

(100 Cents) - Literacy Rate: 92.1% -

Travel - MOLDOVA

Location: Southeast Europe - Official Name: Republic of Moldova -

Formation: 1991 - Capital: Chisinau - Population: 4.3 Million -

Total Area: 13,067 Sq Miles - Languages: Moldovan, Romanian,

Russian - Religions: Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 2% - Ethnic

Mix: Moldovan 65%, Ukrainian 14%, Russian 13%, Gagauzi 4%,

Other 4% - Government: Parliamentary Democracy - Currency:

Moldovan Leu (100 Bani) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - SAN MARINO

Location: Southern Europe - Official Name: Republic of San

Marino - Formation: 1631 - Capital: San Marino - Population:

26,900 - Total Area: 24 Sq Miles - Languages: Italian, Other -

Religions: Roman Catholic 93%, Other & Non Religious 7% -

Ethnic Mix: Sammarinese 80%, Italian 19%, Other 1% -

Government: Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Euro

(100 Cents) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - SERBIA& MONTENEGRO

Location: Balkans - Official Name: Union of Serbia and

Montenegro - Formation: 1992 - Capital: Belgrade - Population:

10.5 million - Total Area: 39,449 Sq Miles - Languages: Serbo-

Croat, Albanian, Hungarian - Religions: Eastern Orthodox 65%,

Muslim 19%, Roman Catholic 4%, Other 12% - Ethnic Mix: Serb

62%, Albanian 17%, Montenegrin 5%, Other 16% - Government:

Multiparty Republic - Currency: Dinar (Euro widely used in

Montenegro) - Literacy Rate: 93.3% -

Travel - SLOVAKIA

Location: Central Europe - Official Name: Slovak Republic -

Formation: 1993 - Capital: Bratislava - Population: 5.4 Million -

Total Area: 18,859 Sq Miles - Languages: Slovak, Hungarian

(Magyar), Romany, Czech, Other - Religions: Roman Catholic 60%,

Atheist 10%, Protestant 8%, Orthodox 4%, Other 18% - Ethnic Mix:

Slovak 85%, Magyar 11%, Romany 1%, Czech 1%, Other 2% -

Government: Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Koruna

(100 Halierov) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - SLOVENIA

Location: Central Europe - Official Name: Republic of Slovenia -

Formation: 1991 - Capital: Ljubljana - Population: 2 Million - Total

Area: 7820 Sq Miles - Languages: Slovene, Serbo-Croat - Religions:

Roman Catholic 96%, Muslim 1%, Other 3% - Ethnic Mix: Slovene

88%, Croat 3%, Serb 2%, Muslim 1%, Other 6% - Government:

Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Tolar (100 Stotins) -

Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - SPAIN

Location: Southeast Europe - Official Name: Kingdom of Spain -

Formation: 1492 - Capital: Madrid - Population: 39.9 Million -

Total Area: 194,896 Sq Miles - Languages: Castilian Spanish,

Catalan, Galician, Basque, Other - Religions: Roman Catholic 96%,

Other 4% - Ethnic Mix: Castilian Spanish 72%, Catalan 17%,

Galician 6%, Other 5% - Government: Parliamentary Democracy -

Currency: Euro (100 Cents) - Literacy Rate: 97.7% -

Travel - SWEDEN

Location: Northern Europe - Official Name: Kingdom of Sweden -

Formation: 1523 - Capital: Stockholm - Population: 8.8 Million -

Total Area: 173,731 Sq Miles - Languages: Swedish, Finnish,

Sami - Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Roman Catholic 2%,

Other 9% -Ethnic Mix: Swedish 91%, Finnish & Sami 3%, Other

European 6% -Government: Parliamentary Democracy - Currency:

Swedish Krona (100 Ore) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - SWITZERLAND

Location: Central Europe - Official Name: Swiss Confederation -

Formation: 1291 - Capital: Bern - Population: 7.2 Million -

Total Area: 15,942 Sq Miles - Languages: German, French, Italian,

Romansch, Swiss German - Religions: Roman Catholic 46%,

Protestant 40%, Other 14% - Ethnic Mix: German 65%, French

18%, Italian 10%, Romansh 1%, Other 6% - Government:

Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Swiss Franc (100

Centimes) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - TURKEY

Location: Asia/Europe - Official Name: Republic of Turkey -

Formation: 1923 - Capital: Ankara - Population: 67.6 Million -

Total Area: 301,382 Sq Miles - Languages: Turkish, Kurdish,

Arabic, Circassian, Armenian, Greek, Georgian - Religions:

Muslim (mainly Sunni) 99%, Other 1% - Ethnic Mix: Turkish

70%, Kurdish 20%, Arab 2%, Other 8% - Government:

Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Turkish Lira (100 Krural) -

Literacy Rate: 85.1%

Travel - UKRAINE

Location: Eastern Europe - Official Name: Ukraine -

Formation: 1991 - Capital: Kiev - Population: 48.4 Million -

Total Area: 223,089 Sq Miles - Languages: Ukrainian, Russian,

Tartar - Religions: Christian (mainly Ukrainian Orthodox) 95%,

Jewish 1%, Other 4% - Ethnic Mix: Ukrainian 73%, Russian 22%,

Jewish 1%, Other 4% - Government: Presidential Democracy -

Currency: Hryvnia (100 Kopiykas) - Literacy Rate: 99%

Travel - UNITED KINGDOM

Location: Northwest Europe - Official Name: United Kingdom

of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Formation: 1707 -

Capital: London - Population: 59.5 Million - Total Area: 94,525

Sq Miles - Languages: English, Welsh, Scottish, Gaelic - Religions:

Anglican 47%, Presbyterian 4%, Roman Catholic 9%, Other 40% -

Ethnic Mix: English 80%, Scottish 9%, Northern Irish 3%, Welsh

3%, Other 5% - Government: Parliamentary Democracy -

Currency: Pound Sterling (100 Pence) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - VATICAN CITY

Location: Southern Europe - Official Name: State of the Vatican

City - Formation: 1929 - Capital: N/A Population: 524 - Total

Area: 0.17 Sq Miles - Languages: Italian, Latin, Other -

Religions: Roman Catholic 100% - Ethnic Mix: Italian 90%,

Swiss 10% (Incl the Swiss Guard) - Government: Papal State -

Currency: Euro (100 Cents) - Literacy Rate: 99% -