| Name: | Croatia (Republic of Croatia) |
| Local name (Croatian): | Hrvatska (Republika Hrvatska) |
| Bordering countries: | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Hungary, Slovenia |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 56.5 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 4 422 ths. |
| Capital: | Zagreb |
| Official language: | Croatian |