Poland

The Republic of Poland is a Central European country, one of the twenty-seven sovereign states that make up the European Union. It borders the Baltic Sea to the north, comprises in its largest portion to the north part of the great European plain and to the south includes mountainous territory of the Sudetenland, the Carpathians and the Santa Cruz mountain range. Although the capital and most populous city is Warsaw, the academic-cultural center is the second largest city, Krakow.