The Czech Republic is a unitary parliamentary republic and developed country with an advanced, high-income social market economy. In November 1989, the Velvet Revolution ended communist rule in the country, and on 1 January 1993, Czechoslovakia was dissolved, with its constituent states becoming the independent states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Attempts at a liberalisation of the government and economy were suppressed by a Soviet-led invasion of the country during the Prague Spring in 1968. Czechoslovakia was restored in 1945 and became an Eastern Bloc communist state following a coup d'état in 1948. After the Munich Agreement in 1938, Nazi Germany systematically took control over the Czech lands. Czechoslovakia was the only country in Central and Eastern Europe to remain a parliamentary democracy during the entirety of the interwar period. In the 19th century, the Czech lands became more industrialized, and in 1918 most of it became part of the First Czechoslovak Republic following the collapse of Austria-Hungary after World War I. With the dissolution of the Holy Empire in 1806, the Crown lands became part of the Austrian Empire.
After the Battle of the White Mountain, the Habsburgs consolidated their rule. The Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the whole Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg Monarchy. It was formally recognized as an Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became a kingdom in 1198. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of 78,871 square kilometers (30,452 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate. It is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the east. The Czech Republic, also known by its short-form name Czechia and formerly known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. eu, shared with other European Union member states.
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