It is bordered by [[Country:Italy|Italy]] to the west, [[Country:Austria|Austria]] to the north, [[Country:Hungary|Hungary]] to the northeast, [[Country:Croatia|Croatia]] to the southeast, and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriatic_Sea Adriatic Sea] to the southwest. Slovenia covers 20,271 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.095 million. One of the successor states of the former [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia Yugoslavia], Slovenia is now a parliamentary republic and member nation of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union European Union], United Nations, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO NATO]. The capital and largest city is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana Ljubljana].