Nation: Romania

Capital city: Bucharest

Geographic position: in the south-east of Central Europe

Climate: temperate-continental, four seasons

Features: mountains, hills, plains, and delta

Population: 21,680,976 (March 2003, source: National Statistics Institute)

Ethnic structure: Romanians - 89.5%; Hungarians (including Szecklers)- 6.5%; Roma - 2.5%; other ethnic groups -1.5%

Religious structure: Eastern Orthodox - 86.7%; Roman-Catholic - 4.7%; Protestant - 3.2%; Pentecostal - 1.5%; other religions - 3.8%

Form of government: republic, NATO and EU member

President of Romania: Traian Băsescu

Legislative power: The Parliament of Romania (
471 members in the 2008-2012 legislature) has two Chambers: the Senate of Romania (137 members) and the Chamber of Deputies (334 members).

President of Senate: Mircea Dan Geoană
President of Chamber of DeputiesRoberta Alma Anastase

Executive power: The Government of Romania