| Name: | Lithuania (Lithuanian Republic) |
| Local name (Lithuanian): | Lietuva (Lietuvos Respublika) |
| Bordering countries: | Russia, Poland, Belorussia, Latvia |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 65.2 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 3 593 ths. |
| Capital: | Vilnius |
| Official language: | Lithuanian |