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Description:
Poland (Polish: Polska), is a large country in Central Europe. It has a long Baltic Sea coastline and is bordered by Belarus, the Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast), Slovakia, and Ukraine. Nowadays, Poland is a democratic country with a stable, robust economy, a member of NATO since 1999 and the European Union since 2004. There has also been considerable progress at reconciliation with neighboring economic giant Germany but much ground needs to be covered in terms of attitudes towards former Soviet-Russia. Poland has also successfully joined the border-less Europe Agreement with an open frontier to Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia and is on track to adopt the Euro currency in a few years time. Poland's seemingly century long dream of rejoining Central Europe as a respected independent nation at peace with all its neighbors has finally been achieved!
Capital: Warsaw
Currency: Zloty (PLN)
Government: Republic
Population: 38,636,000 (2006 est.)
Religion: Roman Catholic 93%, Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other
Time zone: UTC+1
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