23 Facts About Czech Republic

1. The most watched events in the Czech Republic are Olympic Ice hockey tournaments and Ice Hockey World Championships.

2. Czech Republic is home to several globally successful video game developers, including Illusion Softworks, Bohemia Interactive, Keen Software House, Amanita Design and Madfinger Games.

3. Since the Czech Republic is a democratic republic, journalists and media enjoy a great degree of freedom.

4. Czech Republic has the densest network of libraries in Europe.

5. Czech Republic is known worldwide for its individually made, mouth blown and decorated Bohemian glass.

6. Additionally, the Czech Republic has a relatively equal educational system in comparison with other countries in Europe.

7. The Czech Republic is the world's largest vinyl records manufacturer, with GZ Media producing about 6 million pieces annually in Lodenice.

8. The Czech Republic became a member of the World Trade Organization on 1 January 1995.

9. Czech Republic has a highly diverse economy that ranks 7th in the 2016 Economic Complexity Index.

10. The Czech Republic is participating in the European Single Market as a member of the European Union, and is therefore a part of the economy of the European Union, but uses its own currency, the Czech koruna, instead of the euro.

11. Since 2000, the Czech Republic has been divided into thirteen regions and the capital city of Prague.

12. The President of the Czech Republic is Commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

13. Czech Republic is a unitary state with a civil law system based on the continental type, rooted in Germanic legal culture.

14. The current Prime Minister of the Czech Republic is Andrej Babis, serving since 6 December 2017 as 12th Prime Minister.

15. Czech Republic is a pluralist multi-party parliamentary representative democracy, with the President as head of state and Prime Minister as head of government.

16. On 21 December 2007 the Czech Republic joined the Schengen Area.

17. Czech Republic includes the historical territories of Bohemia, Moravia, and Czech Silesia.

18. The Czech Republic is a welfare state with a "continental" European social model, a universal health care system, tuition-free university education an is ranked 14th in the Human Capital Index.

19. The Czech Republic covers an area of 78,866 square kilometres with a mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate.

20. The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in the center of Europe and is one of the most stable and prosperous post-Communist states.

21. The Czech Republic belongs amongst the 10 Most Atheistic Countries in the world.

22. The Czech Republic will soon launch efforts to try and extradite convicted drug smuggler Karel Sroubek from New Zealand.

23. Czech Republic looks to extradite convicted drug smuggler Karel Sroubek from NZ.