Belarus

• Capital: Minsk
• Major City: Homyel
• Major Geographical Features
  • Belorussian Ridge
  • Polatsk Lowland
  • Polesye Marshes
• Official Name: Republic of Belarus
• Formerly: The Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
• Religion: Eastern Orthodox (80%)
• Languages:
• Byelorussian 
• Russian
• Independence: 1991 from the Soviet Union
• Government: republic by name, when the nation is in fact a dictatorship
• Currency: Belorussian ruble (BYB/BYR)
• Kansas is slightly larger than Belarus
• Literacy: 99.6%
• Climate: cold winters with cool summers
• Landlocked
• Belarus has a lot of glacial scoring, leading to over 1,000 lakes
• Home to large deposits of granite, limestone, marble, chalk, sand, gravel, and clay
• Belarus has the strongest political ties to Russia of the former Soviet republics 
• Minsk is home to the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States
• Belarus means "White Russia"
• 70% of the radiation from the Chernobyl incident is in Belarus
• Exports
• Cars
• Iron
• Steel