Slovenia

The Slovene lands were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the latter's dissolution at the end of World War I. In 1918, the Slovenes joined the Serbs and Croats in forming a new multinational state, which was named Yugoslavia in 1929. After World War II, Slovenia became a republic of the renewed Yugoslavia, which though communist, distanced itself from Moscow's rule. Dissatisfied with the exercise of power by the majority Serbs, the Slovenes succeeded in establishing their independence in 1991 after a short 10-day war. Historical ties to Western Europe, a strong economy, and a stable democracy have assisted in Slovenia's transformation to a modern state. Slovenia acceded to both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004; it joined the euro zone in 2007.

Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east

Europe Southern Europe South Central Europe, Julian Alps between Austria and Croatia despite its small size, this eastern Alpine country controls some of Europe's major transit routes

a short southwestern coastal strip of Karst topography on the Adriatic an alpine mountain region lies adjacent to Italy and Austria in the north mixed mountains and valleys with numerous rivers to the east

Triglav 2 864 m 9 396 ft Adriatic Sea 0 m 0 ft Triglav Mount Everest

lignite lead zinc building stone hydropower forests

Flooding; earthquakes

Sava River polluted with domestic and industrial waste pollution of coastal waters with heavy metals and toxic chemicals forest damage from urban air pollution and resulting acid rain

1211 km 752 mi Austria 299 km/186 mi Croatia 600 km/373 mi Hungary 94 km/58 mi Italy 218 km/135 mi

46 km/29 mi 61.90 % 8.64 % 23.70 %

potatoes, hops, wheat, sugar beets, corn, grapes cattle, sheep, poultry

ferrous metallurgy and aluminum products lead and zinc smelting; electronics (including military electronics) trucks automobiles electric power equipment wood products textiles chemicals machine tools

2 062 218	+0.11%	50.4 %	49.6 %
	0-14 14.6 %	15-64 67.8 %	65+ 17.6 %
	101.72 / km2 263.46 / mi2	49.70% 1 024 819	50% 1 037 399
	77.40 yrs	83.30 Years	80.37 Years

0.19 % 0.05 % 0.28 % 0.39 % 0.53 % 5.47 % 0.03 %

Slovenian (official) 91.1% Serbo-Croatian 4.5% Other or unspecified 4.4% Italian (official Only in municipalities where Italian national communities reside) Hungarian (official Only in municipalities where Hungarian national communities reside)

Catholic 57.8% Muslim 2.4% Orthodox 2.3% Other Christian 0.9% Unaffiliated 3.5% Other or unspecified 23% None 10.1% (2002 census)

Slovene 83.1% Serb 2% Croat 1.8% Bosniak 1.1% Other or unspecified 12% (2002 census)

Slovenia Slovenija Slovenia Slovénie Eslovenia Slovenia スロベニア Parliamentary republic Bicameral Parliament consists of the National Council or Drzavni Svet (40 seats; members indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 5-year terms) and the National Assembly or Drzavni Zbor (90 seats; 88 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 2 directly elected in special constituencies for Italian and Hungarian minorities by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms); note - the National Council is primarily an advisory body with limited legislative powers Three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, derive from the medieval coat of arms of the Duchy of Carniola; the Slovenian seal (a shield with the image of Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, in white against a blue background at the center; beneath it are two wavy blue lines depicting seas and rivers, and above it are three six-pointed stars arranged in an inverted triangle, which are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje, the great Slovene dynastic house of the late 14th and early 15th centuries) appears in the upper hoist side of the flag centered on the white and blue bands "Zdravljica" (A Toast) Mount Triglav National colors: white, blue, red President Borut PAHOR (since 22 December 2012) 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia) Independence Day/Statehood Day, 25 June (1991) Australia Group, BIS, CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA (cooperating state), EU, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC Ljubljana 46 03 N, 14 31 E UTC+1 LJUBLJANA 279,000 200 municipalities (obcine, singular - obcina) and 11 urban municipalities (mestne obcine, singular - mestna obcina)

16 (2013)

Koper

4.6 beds/1,000 population (2011)

2.54 physicians/1,000 population (2010)

Supreme Court (consists of the court president and 37 judges organized into 7 departments - civil, criminal, commercial, labor and social security, administrative, registry, and international cooperation); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and 7 judges)

18 years of age, 16 if employed universal

Slovenian Armed Forces (Slovenska Vojska, SV) Forces Command (with ground units, naval element, air and air defense brigade); Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief (ACPDR) (2013)

With excellent infrastructure, a well-educated work force, and a strategic location between the Balkans and Western Europe, Slovenia has one of the highest per capita GDPs in Central Europe, despite having suffered a protracted recession in 2008-2009 in the wake of the global financial crisis. Slovenia became the first 2004 European Union entrant to adopt the euro (on 1 January 2007) and has experienced one of the most stable political transitions in Central and Southeastern Europe. In March 2004, Slovenia became the first transition country to graduate from borrower status to donor partner at the World Bank. In 2007, Slovenia was invited to begin the process for joining the OECD; it became a member in 2012. However, long-delayed privatizations, particularly within Slovenia’s largely state-owned and increasingly indebted banking sector, have fueled investor concerns since 2012 that the country would need EU-IMF financial assistance. In 2013, the European Commission granted Slovenia permission to begin recapitalizing ailing lenders and transferring their nonperforming assets into a “bad bank” established to restore bank balance sheets. Export-led growth fueled by demand in larger European markets pushed GDP growth to 2.6% in 2014, while stubbornly-high unemployment fell slightly to 13%. PM CERAR’s government took office in September 2014, pledging to press ahead with commitments to privatize a select group of state-run companies, rationalize public spending, and further stabilize the banking sector. 61 789 555 981.8 $USD 29 962.7 $USD +3.05 % machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, food Germany 16.2% Italy 14.4% Austria 10.3% South Korea 4.6% China 4.4% Croatia 4.3% Hungary 4.1% manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food Germany 19% Italy 11.2% Austria 8.7% Croatia 6.6% Hungary 4.4% France 4.4% Russia 4.1% Slovakia 4.1% euros (EUR) per US dollar 0.7489 (2014 est.) 0.2% (2014 est.)

38 985 km 24 224 mi	1 229 km 764 mi	km 0 mi
39 per 100 people country code - 386 (2011)	112.08 / 100	71.59 / 100 .si

public TV broadcaster, Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV), operates a system of national and regional TV stations 35 domestic commercial TV stations operating nationally, regionally, and locally about 60% of households are connected to multi-channel cable TV public radio broadcaster operates 3 national and 4 regional stations more than 75 regional and local commercial and non-commercial radio stations (2007)

AM 10 FM 230 shortwave 0 (2006)

15 405.07 kt 7.50 kt per capita

13.62 μg/m3

1 168.60 kt CO2 equivalent

2 901.70 kt CO2 equivalent

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3 185 kg of oil equivalent per capita	63 %	28 %