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Area: 56, 542 sq. km.
Position: South-eastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea on the west, Slovenia and Hungary on the North, Serbia on the east and Bosnia and Montenegro on the south. Croatia controls most land routes from Western Europe to the Aegean Sea and the Turkish Straits.
Population: Approximately 4,500,000 inhabitants (2005).

Capital: Zagreb.
Language: Croatian.
Currency: Croatian Kuna (HRK).
Government: Presidential/Parliamentary democracy.
Legal system: Civil law.

Economy: The Republic of Croatia was, after Slovenia, the most prosperous and developed area of former Yugoslavia. The per capita output was 1/3 above the Yugoslavian average.

Industries: Chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal, electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminium, paper, wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages, tourism.

In 2000, the newly independent economy emerged with tourism, banking and public investment sectors leading the way. Macroeconomic stabilization has largely been achieved.

The Croatian economy has grown 3% to 4% for the last several years. Croatian accession to the EU is expected to accelerate fiscal and structural reform.