GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $97.2 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $126.9 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $23,400 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Bratislava
Population (Estimated July 2012): 5,483,088
Area: 49,034km2 or 18,932mi2
Currency: Euro (€)
Official Language: Slovak
Political Information: Parliamentary Republic
Official Religion: No Official Religion
(approximately 68.9% of the population are Roman Catholic, 10.8% are Protestant, 13% have no religious beliefs, 4.1% are Greek Catholic and 3.2% have unspecified or other religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Gerlach at 2655m or 8,710ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +1:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 8 regions (kraje, singular - kraj); Banskobystricky, Bratislavsky, Kosicky, Nitriansky, Presovsky, Trenciansky, Trnavsky, Zilinsky
Leaders: President Ivan Gašparovič; Prime Minister Iveta Radičová
Additional: Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on the 1st of January 1993.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Slovakia (Slovenská republika (Slovak Republic))
