Poland » Basic Information

Full Country Name

The Republic of Poland

Area

312,685 sq. km

Population

38.6m

Capital City

Warsaw

Languages

Polish

Currency

1 zloty (PLN) = 100 groszys

Major Political Parties

Alliance of the Democratic Left (SLD), Union of Labour (UP), Civic Platform (PO), Samoobronna, Law & Justice (PiS), Polish Peasant Party (PSL), League of Polish Family (LPR), Freedom Union (UW), Social Democracy Poland (SdPL)

Government

Bicameral parliamentary democracy

President

Lech Kaczynski

Prime Minister

Jaroslaw Kaczynski

Foreign Minister

Anna Fotyga