Head of state: Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Head of government: Andrus Ansip
Type of state: republic, parliamentary democracy
Land area: 42,300 km2
Capital: Tallinn
Population: 1.34 million
Ethnic groups: 68% Estonian, 25.7% Russian, 2.1% Ukrainian, 1.2% Belarusian, 0.9% Finn, 1.1% other
Language: Estonian
Currency: EUR
Gross domestic product (GDP) 2010: USD 19.2bn
Change over previous year: +3.1%
Per capita GDP 2010: USD 14,404
Swiss colony 2010: 50 people
Swiss exports 2010: CHF 81m
Change over previous year: +49.5%
Swiss imports 2010: CHF 88m
Change over previous year: +128.5%