Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe with a population exceeding 5.4 million across roughly 49,000 square kilometers, with Bratislava as its capital and Kosice its second-largest city. Its history runs from Slavic settlement in the fifth and sixth centuries through the Avar Khaganate and Great Moravia, followed by centuries under Hungarian and Ottoman-adjacent rule and incorporation into Czechoslovakia after the First World War; following communist rule and the Velvet Revolution of 1989, Slovakia became an independent democratic state on 1 January 1993. Today it is a developed nation with an advanced high-income economy offering universal health care and free education, and it belongs to the European Union, NATO and the Schengen Area. Slovakia is the world's largest per-capita car producer, with automotive manufacturing making up 44 percent of industrial output, and it hosts eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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Government TypeUnitary parliamentary republic 1 Government type (class) Classification
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How did Slovakia become independent of the Czech lands?
It separated peacefully from the Czech Republic on 1 January 1993 in the Velvet Divorce.
Slovakia became independent through a negotiated separation rather than a war. On 1 January 1993 the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic went their separate ways, an event sometimes called the Velvet Divorce, ending 74 years of joint existence in Czechoslovakia that had been interrupted only by the Second World War.
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Slovakia: Status
Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe with a population exceeding 5.4 million across roughly 49,000 square kilometers, with Bratislava as its capital and Kosice its second-largest city.
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Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
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