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|capital=Prague
|capital=Prague
|president=Václav Klaus
|president=Miloš Zeman
|pm=Petr Nečas
|pm=Jiří Rusnok
|area=78,866 km<sup>2</sup>
|area=78,866 km<sup>2</sup>
|pop=10,228,744
|pop=10,228,744
}}
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The '''Czech Republic''' is a country in central [[Europe]]. Its capital is [[Prague]]. It was formed in 1993 from the western part of [[Czechoslovakia]].
The '''Czech Republic''' is a country in central [[Europe]]. Its capital is [[Prague]]. It was formed in 1993 from the western part of [[Czechoslovakia]].
The Czech Republic is a member of [[NATO]], joining in 1999 and the [[European Union]], joining in 2004. It has become on of the most stable former [[communist]] economies of eastern Europe, because the economy removed price controls, sold many of the publicly owned companies and kept strict fiscal policies to limit deficits. <ref>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ez.html</ref>
The Czech Republic is a member of [[NATO]], joining in 1999 and the [[European Union]], joining in 2004. It has become on of the most stable former [[communist]] economies of eastern Europe, because the economy removed price controls, sold many of the publicly owned companies and kept strict fiscal policies to limit deficits. <ref>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ez.html</ref>
When the [[Berlin Wall]] fell in 1989 it meant that the Soviet Union was no longer in charge. The Communist satellite dictatorships of eastern Europe all fell in a matter of weeks--and Russia's collapsed in 1991. All the Communist parties of eastern Europe transformed themselves after 1989 into more mainstream center-left parties. One exception was in the Czech Republic where the Communist Party refused to undertake a comprehensive overhaul. It gained nearly 13% of the vote in the last parliamentary elections in 2006. Its supporters are mostly those fed up with politics as usual and regime nostalgics, many of them elderly pensioners, for whom life before 1989 seemed better than it does today.
When the [[Berlin Wall]] fell in 1989 it meant that the Soviet Union was no longer in charge. The Communist satellite dictatorships of eastern Europe all fell in a matter of weeks--and Russia's collapsed in 1991. All the Communist parties of eastern Europe transformed themselves after 1989 into more mainstream center-left parties. One exception was in the Czech Republic where the Communist Party refused to undertake a comprehensive overhaul. It gained nearly 13% of the vote in the last parliamentary elections in 2006. Its supporters are mostly those fed up with politics as usual and regime nostalgics, many of them elderly pensioners, for whom life before 1989 seemed better than it does today.
From 2003 to 2013 [[Vaclav Klaus]] was president of the Czech Republic. He believed that [[environmentalism]] is a threat to [[freedom]], [[democracy]], the [[market economy]] and [[prosperity]].<ref>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e9df7200-19c7-11dc-99c5-000b5df10621.html</ref>
===Principal Government Officials===
===Principal Government Officials===