Area: 45 227 km² (the Tartu Peace Treaty of 1920 defined 47 549 km²)
Coastline: 3794 km
Land borders: 343.0 km with Latvia and 338.6 km with the Russian Federation
Distance from Tallinn to Helsinki: 85km; to Riga: 307km; to St.Petersburg: 395km; to Stockholm: 405km
Estonia in Europe
Government
Type: Parliamentary democracy
Head of State: President Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Head of Government: Prime Minister Andrus Ansip
Legislature: unicameral Riigikogu
High court: Supreme Court
Suffrage: Universal for citizens who have attained 18 years of age for national elections. All legal residents, regardless of citizenship, who have attained 18 years of age can vote in local elections