Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik), is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.

It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic ea, to the south by !at"ia (#$# %&), and to the east by !a%e 'eipus and (ussia (##).* %&). +cross the Baltic ea lies weden in the west and Finland in the north. ,he territory of Estonia co"ers $-,../ %&. (0/,$*. s1 &i), and is influenced by a hu&id continental cli&ate. ,he Estonians are a Finnic people, and the official language, Estonian, is a Finno23gric language closely related to Finnish, and distantly to 4ungarian and to the a&i languages. Estonia is a de&ocratic parlia&entary republic di"ided into fifteen counties, with its capital and largest city being ,allinn. Estonia5s population of 0.# &illion &a%es it one of the least2populous &e&ber states of the European 3nion, Euro6one and the North +tlantic ,reaty 7rgani6ation. + de"eloped country with an ad"anced, high2inco&e econo&y, Estonia has the highest gross do&estic product per person a&ong the for&er o"iet republics, and is a &e&ber of the 7rganisation for Econo&ic 8o2operation and 9e"elop&ent. Estonia ran%s high in the 4u&an 9e"elop&ent Inde:, and perfor&s fa"ourably in &easure&ents of press freedo& (third in the world in .;0.), econo&ic freedo&, ci"il liberties and education. Estonia is often described as one of the &ost wired countries in Europe, and is recognised as a leader in e2go"ern&ent.