Area 65,200 sq km (25,174 sq mi)
Poplation 3,593,000
Capital city Vilnius (578,000)
Government Multiparty republic
Ethnicity Groups: Lithuanian 80%, Russian 9%, Polish 7%, Belarusian 2%
Language Lithuanian (official), Russian, Polish
Religions Mainly Roman Catholic
Currency Litas = 10 centai

The Republic of Lithuania is the southernmost of the thre Baltic states which were ruled as part of the Soviet Union between 1940 and 1991.

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