Romania

The ninth largest country of the European Union by area
The seventh largest population of the European Union with 21.9 million people.
Capital and largest city is Bucharest, the sixth largest city in the EU with about two million people.

Europe’s oldest remains of Homo sapiens are approximately 42,000 years old and were discovered in the "Cave With Bones" (near Anina) in present-day Romania
The earliest written evidence of people living in the territory of the present-day Romania comes from Herodotus in book IV of his „Histories” written 440 BCE
Under Roman rule from 106 to 271 AD
Throughout history, under the influence or rule of the Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russian Empire
Formation: - Little Union (Moldova and Wallachia) January 24, 1859
Formation: - Independence from the Ottoman Empire 1877/1878
Formation: - Great Union December 1, 1918 (also marking the Romanian National Day)
The Romanian Revolution was the only one that forcibly overthrew a Communist government and executed the country's head of state (1.104 deaths)
Is a unitary semi-presidential republic (since 1989 after the fall of Communism)
National currency = Leu
The official language of Romania is Romanian, a Romance language related to Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Oldest surviving document written in Romanian is a 1521 letter
Climate that is transitional between temperate and continental, with four distinct seasons (average annual temperature is 11 °C (52 °F) in the south and 8 °C (46 °F) in the north)
The extreme recorded temperatures were 44.5 °C (112.1 °F) and -38.5 °C (-37.3 °F)
One of the largest areas of undisturbed forest in Europe with almost 400 unique species of mammals and 60% and 40% of all European brown bears and wolves
10,000 km2 of protected areas in Romania covering 13 national parks and three biosphere reserves: the Danube Delta, Retezat National Park, and Rodna National Park.
Home of the Danube Delta (5.800 km2, the second largest and best preserved delta in Europe, and also a biosphere reserve and a biodiversity World Heritage Site
Highest point: Moldoveanu Peak 2,544 m
Mythical homeland of „Count Dracula”
292 Olympic medals won in the Summer Games and 1 in the Winter Games