Area : 45 000 km² . Estonia, the most northerly of the Baltic states. It is a mainly flat country on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, with many lakes and islands. Much of the land is farmed or forested. Population : 1.4 million .
Capital : Tallinn . Language : The official state language is Estonian . The Estonian language is closely related to Finnish, but bears no resemblance to the languages of the other Baltic republics, Latvia and Lithuania, or to Russian. About one quarter of the population is of Russian-speaking origin.Climate : Estonia lies in the northern part of the temperate climate zone and in the transition zone between maritime and continental climate.Estonia is a parliamentary, representative democratic republic. Politics of Estonia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Estonia is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. The Parliament of Estonia or the legislative branch is elected by people for a four year term by proportional representation The economy is driven by engineering, food products, metals, chemicals and wood products.
