After World War II, Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize party rule and create "socialism with a human face." Anti-Soviet demonstrations the following year ushered in a period of harsh repression. With the collapse of Soviet authority in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its freedom through a peaceful "Velvet Revolution." On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Now a member of NATO, the Czech Republic has moved toward integration in world markets, a development that poses both opportunities and risks.
Demographic Data
Capital: Prague
Government type: Democracy
Government stability: 93.9%
Government efficiency: 89.1%
Population's support to government: 94.4%
Area: 78,645 square kilometers
Habitable land: 74.0%
Farmable land: 39.0%
Total population: 10,432 thousands
Population's growth: 0.3%
Country's development level: 8,720
Economic Data
GNP: 76,500,000,000
Industralisation: 65.4%
International funding: 191,000,000
Political Data
Secret services efficiency: 3,846
Military Data
Technological generation: 2
Number of rebels: 208
Rebels development: 7,848
Rebels technological access: 6,103