Geography
Area: 28,748 square kilometres

Mountainous landscape, little developed infrastructure

Status
Republic since 1946

Government
: Democratic state; provisional parliamentary regime which includes a President of the Republic, a Prime Minister and a legislature made up of 250 representatives elected for a 4-year term by direct universal suffrage

Capital: Tirana

Currency: Lek

Language spoken: Albanian

Agriculture
Underproductive mountainous terrain