!!!Slovakia %%image_right [{LeafletMap script='/scripts/leaflet/story-map.js' width='500' height='400' initmap('/storymap/slovakia.geojson','Slovakia','48.150000','17.116667',contId,3); }] %% ''A separate Slovak Republic (1939–1945) existed in World War II as a client state of Nazi Germany. In 1945, Czechoslovakia was re-established under communist rule as a Soviet satellite. Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The country joined the European Union in 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009. The capital and largest city is Bratislava.'' *Slovakia is a land locked country. *Slovakia has largest boundary with Hungary which is approximately 676 km . *Slovakia has shortest boundary with Ukraine which is approximately 90 km . *The largest river in Slovakia is Danube which is 2850 km. *The largest export partner of Slovakia is Germany. *The largest import partner of Slovakia is Germany. *There are 2 seaports in Slovakia. !!National Facts of Slovakia__ * Rose is the national flower of Slovakia * The national dish of Slovakia is Bryndzové halušky [{Image class='image_block' src='Bryndzové_halušky.jpg' caption='Bryndzové_halušky [Wikicommons|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bryndzové_halušky_so_slaninou.jpg] unter [CC|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at]' alt='' width='450' height='338'}] !References #Text marked as italic is taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia unter [CC|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at] [{Metadata Suchbegriff=' ' Kontrolle='Nein'}]