Slovenia combines remarkable beauty, sprawling forests, traditional crafts and ancient monuments with modern architecture and a cutting-edge arts and cultural life. This section looks at the long history of this country, charting its journey from Roman times to the third millennium, showcasing its land and peoples as well as its political, economic and cultural structures.

Please use the navigation bar on the left to browse through the chapters on Slovene geography and topography, history, government, economy, population, language, religion, society and education.

We gratefully acknowledge the use of the following publications for this section: Facts about Slovenia (Government Communication Office, Ljubljana, last update June 2007), Discover Slovenia (Cankarjeva založba, Ljubljana, 1996), Encyclopedia Slovenia and individual websites of Slovene institutions, including the National Statistics Office at http://www.stat.si.