ESTONIA
(Republic of Estonia)

Capital: Tallinn
Area: 45,227 km. quarter.
Population: 1 319 133 persons.
Currency: Euro (EUR)

ABOUT THE COUNTRY

Estonia - the developed country with developed economy with high income which since 2011 is among the most quickly growing in the EU. He takes very high place in the Index of human development of the United Nations, and he treats measurements of economic freedom, civil liberties and freedom of the press favourably (the 3rd place in the world in 2012 and 2007). The PISA test in 2015 places pupils of the Estonian high schools in the third place in the world, beyond Singapore and Japan. General medical care, free education and the longest paid maternity leave in OECD is provided to citizens of Estonia. From the moment of independence finding the country quickly developed the sector of IT, having become one of the most advanced societies in the world. In 2005 Estonia became the first state which held elections on the Internet, and in 2014 the first state provided the electronic residence.

GEOGRAPHY

Estonia is located on east coast of the Baltic Sea through the Gulf of Finland from Finland on a northwest part of the growing East European platform between 57,3 ° and 59,5 °C at once. Sh.I 21,5 ° and 28,1 °. Average height reaches only 50 meters (164 feet), and the highest point of the country - Suur Munamyagi in the southeast at the height of 318 meters (1 043 feet). On the coast 3,794 kilometers long (2357 miles) numerous bays, passages and gulfs are noted. The number of islands and islands is estimated approximately in 2 355 (including in lakes). Two of them rather big to form certain districts: Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. The small, recent cluster of meteoric craters, the largest of which is called Kaali, is to Saaremaa, Estonia.

CULTURE

The culture of Estonia includes the heritage of indigenous people presented by Estonian and a sauna with the main regional and European cultural aspects. Because of the history and geography the culture of Estonia was influenced by traditions of various Finnish, Baltic, Slavic and German people of adjacent areas and also cultural events in the former dominating powers of Sweden and Russia.
Today the Estonian society encourages freedom and liberalism, showing commitment to the ideas of the limited government, interfering with centralization of the power and corruption. Protestant labor ethics remain important cultural heritage, and free education is highly valuable establishment. As well as the main culture in other Scandinavian countries, the Estonian culture, apparently, leans on ascetic ecological realities and traditional means of livelihood, heritage of rather widespread egalitarianism for practical reasons and ideals proximity to the nature and self-sufficiency.