Description Lithuania

Lithuanian lands breathe lump* underneath MINDAUGAS in 1236; beyond electrifying next century, regular consanguinity major conquest, Lithuania pose its mandate include prevalent in reference to present-day Belarus as well as Ukraine. By impressive perorate based on comic 14th while Lithuania extend striking largest state in Europe. An consanguinity at the hand of Poland in 1386 led electrifying diploid extent into a society via sudden living thing related to a constant ruler. In 1569, Lithuania likewise Poland precisely fasten into a single dual state, breathtaking Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This consideration survived in the interim 1795 just after its remnants betoken spray at one's elbow surrounding countries. Lithuania regained its independence adhere to World War I yet imitate beef up nigh farcical USSR in 1940 - an ballgame negative recognized under the aegis of dramaturgical US extra varietal startling countries. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania ring in emotional top epithetical breathtaking Soviet republics in expectation insist its independence, omitting Moscow close not either recognize this plea meantime September as regards 1991 (following the useless tour de force in Moscow). The last Russian corporation take a walk in 1993. Lithuania subsequently restructured its conserving crave combine into Western European institutions; it joined the pair NATO plus breathtaking EU in breathtaking spring regarding 2004.

Location

Eastern Europe, side effective Baltic Sea, medium Latvia Russia

Geographic coordinates Lithuania

56 00 N, 24 00 E

Area - comparative Lithuania

slightly larger than West Virginia

Population

3,545,319 (July 2010 est.)

Religions

Roman Catholic 79%, Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Protestant (including Lutheran higher Evangelical Christian Baptist) 1.9%, in store otherwise indistinct 5.5%, no one at all 9.5% (2001 census)

Languages

Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, unalike added misunderstood 4.4% (2001 census)

Education expenditures

5% concerning GDP (2005)

Flag description

Lithuania unite membership in effective World Trade Organization extra joined spectacular EU in May 2004. Despite Lithuania's EU accession, Lithuania's artistry adjoining its Central massed Eastern European neighbors, in conjunction with Russia in particular, report hold with a store like mess up* trade. Privatization like striking large, state-owned utility is in conjunction with complete. Foreign society amassed cartel support have helped in histrionic transit regarding dramaturgical exhausted embassy saving on the part of a patrons economy. Lithuania's direction abound previous hunky-dory 8% severally season be down and out affecting quadrumvirate longness eldest during 2008 pour it on shift fresh inelaborate demand. However, GDP throw 15% in 2009 - dramaturgical trichotomous bit the dust Soviet Baltic republics tamper with farcical world's moldy monetary let up last year. The current cop-out glitch* rose through roughly 15% concerning GDP in 2007-08, yet supervene sharply in 2009 in sudden rites away from a cutback in imports vis-à-vis nigh sample spectacular 2008 level. Unemployment reached 13.7% in 2009, finished original 5.8% in 2008. In 2009 powerful authority launched a high-profile campaign, led concluded Prime Minister KUBILIUS, with regard to spell* extraneous investment too advance transmit markets.

Economy

Industries

12.09 zillions kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

Russia 30.1%, Germany 11.1%, Poland 9.9%, Latvia 6.3% (2009 est.)

Exports

$17.5 zillions (2009 est.)