About Poland

Poland is located in Central Europe, with a population of around 38 million. It is a democratic country with a parliamentary representative system, elections to parliament are held every 4 years, while presidential elections are held every 5 years.

It is an ethnically and religiously homogenous country, with 98% of the population being comprised of ethnic Poles, and 90% of the population being Roman Catholics. Poland has been a member of NATO since 1999, and a member of the European Union since 2004. The official currency of Poland is the Zloty, Poland does not use the Euro.  

The Polish economy is one of the largest and fastest growing economies in Europe, its unemployment rate is also one of the lowest in the European Union.  

The country of Poland has more than a thousand-year long history, with the first Polish state being established in 966. Throughout its history, Poland has maintained rich political and cultural relations with many countries, such as France, Italy, and Lithuania. Poland, in the form of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, was one of the largest countries in Europe.  

Poles, the main inhabitants of Poland, are a Slavic ethnic group which speak the Polish language. As such, Poles have a strong cultural and linguistic relation with Czechs, Slovaks, Ukrainians, Byelorussians, and Russians, among other nations.

You can read more about Poland’s government (1), culture (2), history (3), and economy (4) by clicking on the corresponding hyperlinks.
(1) Politics of Poland
(2) Culture of Poland
(3) History of Poland
(4) Economy of Poland