Area: 312 678 km²
Population: 38.65 million
Capital city: Warsaw
Currency: 1 zloty = 100 groszy, 1 euro = 3.81 zloty (PLN) (Dec. 2006)
National day: 3 May, 11 November
EU-membership: 1 May 2004

Head of State: Lech Kaczynski
Head of Government: Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski
Foreign Minister: Anna Elzbieta Fotyga
Government: Governing parties: "Law and Justice" (Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc, PiS); LPR (League of Polish Families), Catholic-National Movement; "Self-Defence" (Samoobrona, SO)
Parliament: Bicameral: Sejm, 460 members, elections every 4 years
Senat, 100 members

GDP: € 240.1 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 6 290 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 5.4% (2006)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.prezydent.pl
Head of Government: http://www.kprm.gov.pl
Foreign Minister: http://www.msz.gov.pl
Parliament: http://www.sejm.gov.pl

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