Ethnic minorities
| Name: | Slovakia (Slovak Republic) |
| Local name (Slovak): | Slovensko (Slovenská Republika) |
| Bordering countries: | Czechia, Austria, Hungary, Ukraine, Poland |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 48.9 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 5 430 ths. |
| Capital: | Bratislava |
| Official language: | Slovak |