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January 1. 99. 31 May 2. Area Total. 78,8. Water 2. Population 2. Density. 13. 4km. GDP PPP2. 01. 7 estimate Total3. Per capita3. 4,8. GDP nominal2. 01. Total1. 96. 0. 68 billion7 4. Per capita1. 8,5. Gini 2. 01. 5 2. HDI 2. Currency. Czech koruna CZKTime zone. CETUTC1CEST UTC2Drives on theright. Calling code4. 20b. Patron saint. St. Wenceslaus. ISO 3. CZInternet TLD. czc. The question is rhetorical, implying those places where my homeland lies. Code 4. 2 was shared with Slovakia until 1. Also. eu, shared with other European Union member states. The Czech Republic   listen1. Czech esk republika, Czech pronunciation tska rpublka  listen,1. Czechia1. 2   listen Czech esko, pronouncedtsko  listen, is a landlockednation state in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast. The Czech Republic covers an area of 7. It is a unitaryparliamentary republic, has 1. Prague, with over 1. The Czech Republic includes the historical territories of Bohemia,1. Moravia, and Czech Silesia. The Czech state was formed in the late 9th century as the Duchy of Bohemia under the Great Moravian Empire. After the fall of the Empire in 9. Moravia to Bohemia under the Pemyslid dynasty. In 1. 00. 2, the duchy was formally recognized as part of the Holy Roman Empire,1. Kingdom of Bohemia in 1. Besides Bohemia itself, the king of Bohemia ruled the lands of the Bohemian Crown, he had a vote in the election of the Holy Roman Emperor, and Prague was the imperial seat in periods between the 1. In the Hussite wars of the 1. Protestant. Bohemian Reformation, the kingdom faced economic embargoes and defeated five consecutive crusades proclaimed by the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church. Following the Battle of Mohcs in 1. Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg Monarchy alongside the Archduchy of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary. The Protestant Bohemian Revolt 1. Catholic Habsburgs led to the Thirty Years War. After the Battle of the White Mountain, the Habsburgs consolidated their rule, eradicated Protestantism and reimposed Roman Catholicism, and also adopted a policy of gradual Germanization. With the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1. Bohemian Kingdom became part of the Austrian Empire and the Czech language experienced a revival as a consequence of widespread romantic nationalism. In the 1. 9th century, the Czech lands became the industrial powerhouse of the monarchy and were subsequently the core of the Republic of Czechoslovakia, which was formed in 1. Austro Hungarian Empire after World War I. Czechoslovakia remained the only democracy in this part of Europe in the interwar period. However, the Czech part of Czechoslovakia was occupied by Germany in World War II, and was liberated in 1. Soviet Union and the United States. The Czech country lost the majority of its German speaking inhabitants after they were expelled following the war. The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia won the 1. Following the 1. 94. Czechoslovakia became a one party communist state under Soviet influence. In 1. 96. 8, increasing dissatisfaction with the regime culminated in a reform movement known as the Prague Spring, which ended in a Soviet led invasion. Czechoslovakia remained occupied until the 1. Velvet Revolution, when the communist regime collapsed and market economy was reintroduced. On 1 January 1. 99. Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved, with its constituent states becoming the independent states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1. European Union EU in 2. United Nations, the OECD, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe. It is a developed country1. The UNDP ranks the country 1. The Czech Republic upholds social security and universal health care system, a tuition free university education and also ranks as the 6th most peaceful country, while achieving strong performance in democratic governance. Etymology. The traditional English name Bohemia derives from Latin Boiohaemum, which means home of the Boii. The current name comes from the endonymech, spelled Cech until the orthographic reform in 1. The name comes from the Slavic tribe Czechs, Czech ei, echov and, according to legend, their leader ech, who brought them to Bohemia, to settle on p Mountain. The etymology of the word ech can be traced back to the Proto Slavic root el, meaning member of the people kinsman, thus making it cognate to the Czech word lovk a person. The country has been traditionally divided into three lands, namely Bohemia echy in the west, Moravia Morava in the southeast, and Czech Silesia Slezsko the smaller, south eastern part of historical Silesia, most of which is located within modern Poland in the northeast. Known as the lands of the Bohemian Crown since the 1. CzechBohemian lands, Bohemian Crown, and the lands of the Crown of Saint Wenceslas. When the country regained its independence after the dissolution of the Austro Hungarian empire in 1. Czechoslovakia was coined to reflect the union of the Czech and Slovak nations within the one country. Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1. Czech part of the former nation found itself without a common single word geographical name in English. The name Czechia was recommended by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs minister Josef Zieleniec. In a memorandum to all Czech embassies and diplomatic missions in 1. Czech Republic was recommended for use only in official documents and titles of official institutions. The geographical name has not reached general recognition, but its usage is increasing. Czech president Milo Zeman uses the name Czechia in his official speeches. Czechia was approved by the Czech government on 2 May 2. Czech Republics official short name2. United Nations UNTERM3. UNGEGN3. 1 country name databases on 5 July 2. Czechia appears on some U. S. government web pages3. Czech Republic,3. Czechia is included in the ISO 3. In languages such as German Tschechien, Danish Tjekkiet, Norwegian Tsjekkia and Swedish Tjeckien, the short name has been in common use for many years. In January 2. 01. Czechia replaced Czech Republic on Google Maps. Maps. me or the English version of the Openstreetmap show Czechia as well3. Bing Maps still use Czech Republic. The decision to adopt the short name Czechia has been met with some criticism,3. History. Prehistory. Left Venus of Doln Vstonice is the oldest ceramic article in the world, dated to 2. BCE. Right Distribution of Celtic peoples, showing expansion of the core territory in the Czech lands, which were inhabited by the Gallic tribe of Boii  Maximum Celtic expansion by the 2. BCE  Areas that remain Celtic speaking today. Archaeologists have found evidence of prehistoric human settlements in the area, dating back to the Paleolithic era.