Geography
Area: 56,538 square kilometers
5,778 km of coastline and more than 60 inhabited islands
in the north is the Slavonic plain

Status
Republic - independent since 1991 (formerly part of Yugoslavia)

Government
Pluralist democracy - includes a president of the republic, a prime minister and a parliament made up of 127 elected members

Capital: Zagreb

Currency: kuna

Languages spoken
Croatian

Main industriesSignificant mining production; wine

Agriculture
Corn, wheat, lumber, fishing