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Quirky and vibrant, Lithuania (Lietuva) is Europe's best-kept secret. This is a country with a colorful history, once boasting an empire stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Its raw pagan roots fuse with Catholic fervor - the Polish inheritance that sets it apart from its Baltic brothers - to create a land where Catholics and Orthodox peacefully mix. Its capital, Vilnius, is an incredibly small place with astonishing contrasts - eerie shadowy courtyards, eccentric artist community, amazing arts and beautiful baroque. Its natural treasures - forests, lakes, the magical Curonian Spit and Western Lithuania - shimmer, while its oddities - the Hill of Crosses in a Soviet sculpture park - add a flavor found nowhere else.

Shoved successively between Russian pillar and Nazi post, tenacious little Lithuania stunned the world when it played David and Goliath with the might of the Soviet Union - and won its independence just over a decade ago. Today the nation that vanished from the maps of Europe is back with a vengeance: it's part of the EU, was the first of the 25 EU players to give the European Constitution a stamp of approval, and is a fully fledged 'n' fighting partner of NATO - home no less to four F-16 military alliance jet fighters used to police Baltic skies.

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Capital:
Vilnius

Government:
Parliamentary Democracy

Currency:
Litas (LTL)

Area:
65,200 sq km

Population:
3,585,906 (July 2006 est.)

Language:
Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian

Ethnic Groups:
Lithuanian 84.0%, Polish 6.1%, Russian 4.9%, others 5.0%

Demonym:
Lithuanian

Religion:
Roman Catholic (primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical Christian Baptist, Pagan

Time Zone:
UTC +2

Drives on the:
Right

Electricity:
220V/50Hz (European plug)

Internet TLD:
.lt

Country Code:
370

International Access Code:
00