Slovenia is practically a landlocked country save for an extremely short coastline. The region forms the part of European continent’s critical transit routes. The neighboring countries are Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the east and south, Italy to the west and Austria to the north. The small coastline is located to the southwest of the country and is called the Gulf of Trieste. About 40% of Slovenia’s and mass comprises of elevated lands in the form of plateaus and mountains. Much of these mountains are near the Austrian and Italian borders.

Even though the Slovenian race forms the majority of the ethnic population, the country features a confluence of many other ethnicities. The other ethnicities in the country include Serbs, Croats, Bosnians and Albanians. There is a very small population of Gypsies roaming the countryside. As much as the divergence in dissimilar landscapes, Slovenia is a convergence of diverse cultures. Though the people of each race strongly adhere to their ethnicity there is a moderate amount of tolerance towards other races. Over the years this tolerance has lead to fragments of different cultures seeping in and fusing within a melting pot.

Slovenia once had a socialist economy but it later shifted to market economy. The probable cause for the change is the general belief that the latter would not render financial stability to the country. Slovenia has come a long way from its agrarian reign during the Austro-Hungarian dominion to the continents most stable economy The natural resources in the region include coal, lignite, uranium and zinc.