Area: 45 227 km²
Population: 1.348 million
Capital city: Tallinn
Currency: 1 Estonian crown = 100 senti, 1 euro = 15.65 Estonian crowns (EEK) (Dec. 2006)
National day: 24 February
EU-membership: 1 May 2004

Head of State: Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Head of Government: Prime Minister Andrus Ansip
Foreign Minister: Urmas Paet
Government: Governing parties:
Coalition of the Centre Party (left-liberal), Reform Party (liberal) and People's Union
Parliament: Unicameral parliament: "Riigikogu", elected on 2 March 2003, 101 members, next election on 4 March 2007

GDP: € 10.5 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 10 822 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 9.8% (200%)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.president.ee
Head of Government: http://www.peaminister.ee
Government: http://www.valitsus.ee
Foreign Minister: http://www.vm.ee
Parliament: http://www.riigikogu.ee

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