Slovenia officially the Republic of Slovenia is a country in Central Europe.

It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short coastline within the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, which is part of the Mediterranean sea.

Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers 20,271 square kilometres (7,827 sq mi),and has a population of approximately 2.1 million.

Slovene is the official language.

Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental.