- Capital: Warsaw
- Major Cities
- Krakow
- Gdansk
- Lodz
- Wroclaw
- Major Geographical Features
- Baltic Sea
- Oder River
- Vistula River
- Masuria
- Malopolska Hills
- Beskid Mountains
- Carpathian Mountains
- Official Name: Republic of Poland
- Religion: Roman Catholic (89.8%)
- Language: Polish (97.8%)
- Late 1700's: partitioned between Prussia, Russia, and Austria
- World War Two: overrun by Germany and Soviet Union
- Post-WWII: became Soviet satellite state
- 1990: 1st nation to overthrow communist rule
- Due to Lech Walesa and the Solidarity movement
- 1999: joined NATO
- 2004: joined EU
- Independence: 1945 as a Soviet Bloc nation
- Government: republic
- Currency: zloty (PLN)
- New Mexico is slightly larger than Poland
- Literacy: 99.8%
- Climate
- 2/3 Marine West Coast
- 1/3 Continental
- Home to Europe's largest bison herd
- Exports
- Cars
- Machines
- Furniture
- Largest nation in central Europe
- Pope John Paul II was from Poland
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