Essay on Poland
... 04 Poland is officially the Republic of Poland (in Polish, Polska Rzeczpospolita), country located in central Europe, bordered on the north by the Baltic Sea and Russia; on the east by Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine; on the south by the Czech Republic and Slovakia; and on the west by Germany. The capital of Poland is Warsaw with a approximate 2,000,345 citizens as of 2002, and average life expectancy is 69 years for men and 78 years for women. Poland can be found at the center of the European continent, with an area of 312,683 sq/km. ... To the north, Poland is bordered by the Baltic Sea and by Russia. Poland is separated from the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south by the Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains, whilst its eastern neighbors are Lithuania, Belarus and the Ukraine. In general, Poland is a flat country with an average height above sea level of 173 in (568 ft). ... The Political system as well as the parliamentary democracy was established in Poland in 1991. ... As a consequence of these Essential changes in the socio-political system, the name of the state was changed back to that of its original name: the Republic of Poland.