Claim: Croatia is lawless.
Evidence: Croatia -LRB- -LSB- kroʊˈeɪʃə -RSB- ; Hrvatska -LSB- xř̩ʋaːtskaː -RSB- -RRB- , officially the Republic of Croatia -LRB- -LSB- Republika Hrvatska , links = no -RSB- , -RRB- , is a sovereign state between Central Europe , Southeast Europe , and the Mediterranean.
A sovereign state is , in international law , a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralized government that has sovereignty over a geographic area.
International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population , defined territory , one government , and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states.