Country code: CZ
Location: Central Europe, southeast of Germany
Area: total: 78,866 sq km (water: 1,590 sq km;
land: 77,276 sq km)
Population: 10,249,216 (July 2003 est.)
Capital: Prague
Languages: Czech
Currency: Czech koruna
Religions: Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%,
Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%, atheist 39.8%
Industries: metallurgy, machinery and equipment,
motor vehicles, glass, armaments
Agriculture - products: wheat, potatoes, sugar
beets, hops, fruit; pigs, poultry
Exports - commodities:machinery and transport equipment
44%, intermediate manufactures 25%, chemicals 7%, raw materials
and fuel 7%
Imports - commodities: machinery and transport
equipment 40%, intermediate manufactures 21%, raw materials and
fuels 13%, chemicals 11%