● Location: Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south.  
  ● Capital: Chișinău.  
  ● Official Language: Romanian.  
  ● Currency: Moldovan Leu (MDL).  
  ● Population: Approximately 2.6 million (as of 2023).  
  ● Political System: Parliamentary Republic.  
  ● President: Maia Sandu (as of 2023).  
  ● Prime Minister: Dorin Recean (as of 2023).  
  ● Independence: Gained from the Soviet Union on August 27, 1991.  
  ● Geography: Predominantly hilly terrain with a moderate continental climate.  
  ● Economy: Primarily based on agriculture, with significant wine production.  
  ● Transnistria: A breakaway region in the east, not internationally recognized, with a self-declared government.  
  ● EU Relations: Moldova is an EU candidate country as of 2022.  
  ● International Organizations: Member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, and Commonwealth of Independent States.  

•   Ukraine borders with seven countries: Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Russia, and Belarus.

•   Romania borders the Republic of Moldova in the north-east, Ukraine in the north, Hungary in the north-west, Serbia in the south-west and Bulgaria in the south, with a state border measuring a total length of 3,149.9 km and an additional maritime border 247,4 km long.

•   Belarus shares border with five countries: Poland in the west, Lithuania in the northwest, Latvia and the Russian Federation in the north, the Russian Federation in the northeast and east, Ukraine in the south.