Croatia

Population: 4,334,142 (July 2001 est.)

Languages: Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German)

Background: In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became an independent communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from...

Currency: kuna (HRK, No information)

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