- Capital: Zagreb
- Area: 56,410 sq km
- Population: 4,676,865 (July 1999 estimated)
- Currency:
Croatian kuna
- Form of government: presidential/parliamentary
democracy; bicameral Assembly or Sabor consists of the House of Counties or Zupanijski Dom
(68 seats—63 directly elected by popular vote, 5 appointed by the president; members
serve four-year terms) and House of
Representatives or the Zastupnicki Dom (127 seats; members are directly elected by popular
vote to serve four-year terms); president elected by popular vote for a
five-year term; prime minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by the president
- Languages: Serbo - Croatian (96%)
- Religion: Catholic (77%), Orthodox (12%), others
(11%)
- National holiday: Statehood Day, 30 May (1990)
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