Basic facts about Slovenia: Slovenia is located in Central Europe, its neighbouring countries are Croatia, Hungary, Austria and Italy.

Basic Geographic Data: Size: 20,273 km2; Citizens: 2,062,874

Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic

Official language: Slovenian (the majority of youth and middle-aged population speak English, too)

Religion: Approximately 50% Catholics, 3% other Christian religions, 3% Muslims, 30% atheists, other small religious communities or not specified.

History: Slovenia gained independence in 1991, prior to that it was the northernmost country of Yugoslavia.