Poland

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Poland is a Central European country known for its rich medieval heritage, resilient culture, and pivotal role in 20th-century history, including being the site of the outbreak of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country in Europe
sovereign state
borderCountry Belarus
Czech Republic
Germany
Lithuania
Russia
surface form: Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)

Slovakia
Ukraine
capital Warsaw
communistStatePeriod 1945–1989
continent Europe
currency Polish złoty
democraticTransition 1989
demonym Poles
drivingSide right
EUMemberState true
foundingMemberOf Visegrád Group
governmentType unitary parliamentary republic
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Poland
headOfStateTitle President of Poland
historicalRegion Greater Poland
Lesser Poland
Masovian Voivodeship
surface form: Masovia

Silesia (as contested region)
surface form: Silesia
independenceRestored 1918
internetTLD .pl
invadedBy Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
ISO3166-1Alpha2Code PL
ISO3166-1Alpha3Code POL
joinedEU 2004
joinedNATO 1999
largestCity Warsaw
legalSystem civil law
majorCity Gdańsk
Kraków
Poznań
Wrocław
Łódź
nationalAnthem Mazurek Dąbrowskiego
nationalFlagColors white and red
nationalSymbol White Eagle coat of arms
NATOMemberState true
notableHistoricalEvent Round Table Talks of 1989
Solidarity movement
officialLanguage Polish language
surface form: Polish
partitionedBy Austria
Prussia
Russia
religionMajority Roman Catholicism
SchengenAreaMember true
seaBorder Baltic Sea
UNMemberState true
WWIIInvasionDate 1 September 1939
WWIIParticipant Allies of World War II
surface form: Allies

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Konrad usedInCountry Poland
Zamość country Poland
Chruściel countryOfCitizenship Poland
subject surface form: Antoni Chruściel
Chruściel country Poland
subject surface form: Warsaw Uprising
Chełmno nad Nerem country Poland
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (indirectly) regionAddressed Poland
subject surface form: Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Silesia partOf Poland
Lukas Podolski citizenship Poland
Polesia country Poland
Polesia partOf Poland
Bzura River country Poland
Bzura River participant Poland
subject surface form: Battle of the Bzura
Lublin Voivodeship country Poland
Mierzanowo country Poland
Mierzanowo locatedIn Poland
Lachians country Poland
Piast dynasty country Poland
Marian hasUsage Poland
Sudetenland borderedBy Poland
Order of Polonia Restituta namedAfter Poland
this entity surface form: Polonia
Silesian language spokenIn Poland