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| Country name: |
Republic of
Poland |
Capital:
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Warsaw
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Form of
government:
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Parliamentary
Republic
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| Foundation: |
1918
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| Population:
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38.5
Million |
| Ethnics by percentage: |
Polish (96,7%), Germans, Belarussians, Ukrainians |
Official
languages:
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Polish
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Other
languages:
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Russian
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Country size:
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312,683
km²
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Neighbouring countries:
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Germany, Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Czech Republic,
Slovakia, Ukraine
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| Current
President: |
Lech
Kaczyński |
| Current Prime Minister: |
Jarosław
Kaczyński |
| Parlamentary
Majority: |
Law
and Justice, Self-Defense
of the Republic
of Poland, League of
Polish Families |
| Parliamentary Opposition: |
Civic Platform, Democratic
Left Alliance, Polish
People's Party
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| Non-parliamentary
Opposition: |
Social Democratic Party
of Poland, Democratic
Party, The Real Politics Union
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Regional
cooperation:
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EU, NATO, Council of Europe, OSCE |
Global Income
per Capita:
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$14,400 |
| Corruption
Perceptions Index
(CPI): |
3,7 |
| Human
Development Index (HDI): |
0.862 |
see
reports by
Amnesty International
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see
reports by Human Rights Watch
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