Having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, Bulgaria fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, and Bulgaria began the contentious process of moving toward political democracy and a market economy while combating inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. Today, reforms and democratization keep Bulgaria on a path toward eventual integration into the EU and NATO.
Demographic Data
Capital: Sofia
Government type: Democracy
Government stability: 91.2%
Government efficiency: 79.6%
Population's support to government: 90.9%
Area: 110,550 square kilometers
Habitable land: 90.0%
Farmable land: 34.0%
Total population: 8,775 thousands
Population's growth: -0.2%
Country's development level: 7,730
Economic Data
GNP: 33,700,000,000
Industralisation: 70.7%
International funding: 840,00,000
Political Data
Secret services efficiency: 3,259
Military Data
Technological generation: 1
Number of rebels: 263
Rebels development: 6,957
Rebels technological access: 5,410