- Official name: Slovak Republic
- Date of the republic's establishment: 1.1.1993
- State organization: republic
- Political system: parliamentary democracy
- Constitutional system: constitutional and legislative power (National Council of the SR), executive power (president of the SR a government of the SR), judiciary power (constitutional court a courts)
- Territorial division:
8 Higher-Tier Territorial Units
8 regions
- 79 districts
- Regional capitals: Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra, Trenčín, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Prešov, Košice
- Official language: Slovak
- Capital city: Bratislava (population 428 672)
- Neighbouring countries: Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria
- Area: 49 035 km2
- Population: 5 379 455 (51.4% women)
- Population density: 109/km2
- Ethnicity of the population: Slovak (85.8%), Hungarian (9.7%), Romany (1.7%), Czech (0.8%), Rusyn, Ukrainian, Russian, German, Polish and others (2%)
- Population by religion: believers (84.1%) of which:
Roman Catholic (68.9%), Evangelical (6.9%), Greek Catholic (4.1%), Reform Christian (2%), undetermined (2.2%), atheist (13.7%)
- Main political parties represented in the National Council: Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ), Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), Smer, Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK/MK), New Citizen's Alliance (ANO), Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS)
- President of the republic: Doc. JUDr.Ivan Gašparovič, CSc., Dr.h.c.
- Prime Minister: Ing. Mikuláš Dzurinda
- Currency: Slovak crown, 1 Sk = 100 haliers
- Membership of international organisations: EU, NATO UN, UNESCO, OECD, OBSE, CERN, WHO, INTERPOL etc.
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