2009 Hungary

Hungary
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Capital: Budapest
Official Language: Hungarian
Government: Parliamentary republic
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Formation: 896 AD
Population: 10,041,000 (2008)
Currency: Forint (HUF)
¨Human Rights Record¨ US State Department Report
¨Territorial Disputes¨ Hungary has a historical claim to the Cathparthian Ruthenia region of Ukraine and occupied it in WW2, however the Hungarian population has since dwindled to 12.1% in the 2001 census
¨Ongoing Conflicts¨ Hungary has 200 troops in Afghanistan as of September 2008. The Hungarian infantry unit was situated in Kabul, however, on 1 October 2006, Hungary requisitioned its forces and took over responsibility, from the Dutch, for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in the town of Pul-e Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province. Hungary expects to send 60 more troops over the next five months.
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=Summary=
Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország), officially in English the Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian) Republic), is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU and is a Schengen state. The official language is Hungarian (also known as Magyar), which forms part of the Finno-Ugric family. It is one of the four official languages of the European Union that is not of Indo-European origin.
The present form of government is parliamentary republic (since 1989). Today, Hungary is a high-income economy, and a regional leader regarding certain economic markers. Its current goal is to become a developed country by IMF standards (its HDI world ranking is 36th and rising).
Hungary was one of the 15 most popular tourist destinations in the world in the past decade, with a capital regarded as one of the most beautiful in the world. The country is home to the second largest thermal lake in the world (Lake Hévíz), the largest lake in Central Europe (Lake Balaton), and the largest natural grassland in Europe (Hortobágy).
=Brief History=
Following a Celtic (after c. 450 BC) and a Roman (9 BC - c. 4th century) period, the foundation of Hungary was laid in the late Ninth Century by the Magyar chieftain Árpád, whose great grandson István ascended to the throne with a crown sent from Rome in 1000. The Kingdom of Hungary existed with minor interruptions for 946 years, and at various points was regarded as one of the cultural centers of the Western world. It was succeeded by a Communist era (1947-1989) during which Hungary gained widespread international attention regarding the Revolution of 1956 and the seminal move of opening its border with Austria in 1989, thus accelerating the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. 
=Diplomatic Messages=
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=Resources=
*Hungary on Wikipedia
*Hungary on the BBC
*Hungary on the CIA world factbook
*Homepage of the Hungarian government (Available in Hungarian, German and English)