What is the relationship between the Czech Republic and Slovakia? Is it the same country or two different countries?

The Czech Republic was originally a Czechoslovak Federal Republic and a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders Slovakia in the east, Austria in the south, Poland in the north and Germany in the west, covering an area of 78,866 square kilometers, and consists of three parts: Czech Republic, Moravia and Silesia. Located in three uplifted quadrilateral basins, the land is fertile. There are Kelkonos Mountain in the north, Shumava Mountain in the south, and Czech-Moravian Plateau with an average elevation of 500-600 meters in the east and southeast. Most areas in the basin are below 500 meters above sea level, including Rabe River Plain, Bilsen Basin, Ershi Hill Basin, South Czech Lake and swamp areas. Vltava river is the longest river, which flows through Prague. The Elbe River originates from the Rabe River in the Czech Republic and is navigable. The upper reaches of the Morava-Oder River basin in the east is the zone between the Czech basin and the Slovak mountains, and it is called the Morava-Oder River Corridor, which has been the main trade channel in northern and southern Europe since ancient times. The whole country has rolling mountains, dense forests and beautiful scenery. The country is divided into two geographical regions, one is the Bohemian highlands in the western half, and the other is the Carpathian mountains in the eastern half, which is composed of a series of east-west mountains. The highest point is Grakhov Ski Peak, 2655 meters above sea level.

Population: 102 1 10,000 (May 2004). The main ethnic group is Czechs, accounting for 8 1.3% of the total population of the former Federal Republic. Other ethnic groups include Moravians (13.2%), Slovaks, Germans and a small number of Poles. The official language is Czech and the main religion is Roman Catholicism.

Capital: Prague

Brief history: Samak Principality was founded in 623 AD. In 830 AD, the Great Moravian Empire was established, becoming the first country including Czechs, Slovaks and other Slavs to live together politically. In the 9th century, the Czech Republic and Slovakia were both part of the great Moravian Empire. /kloc-At the beginning of the 0/0 century, the Great Moravian Empire disintegrated, and the Czechs established their own independent country, the Czech Principality. 12 century later, it was renamed the Czech Kingdom. /kloc-in the 0/5th century, the Hus revolutionary movement broke out against the Roman Catholic Church, German aristocrats and feudal rule. 1620, the Czech kingdom was defeated in the "Thirty Years' War" and became the ruling area of the Habsburg dynasty. Slavery was abolished in 178 1 year. After 1867, it was ruled by Austria-Hungary. After World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed. At the request of the people and the impetus of Czech bourgeois politician masaryk, Czechoslovakia was founded on 19 181October 28th. Since then, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have started to have their own countries. After the beginning of World War II, Hitler, the leader of German fascism, took advantage of the contradiction between the two nations and adopted the strategy of "divide and rule". 1September, 938, Britain and France betrayed the Czech Republic at the Munich conference. 1939 In March, Nazi Germany occupied the Czech Republic and later declared Slovakia as the so-called "independent country". 1On May 9, 945, Czechoslovakia was liberated and restored to its original state with the help of the Soviet Red Army. 1946, the coalition government headed by Gottwald was established. 1960 In July, the National Assembly adopted a new constitution and changed its name to Czechoslovakia Socialist Republic. 1At the beginning of March, 990, the "socialism" in the original name was abolished by two ethnic groups and renamed Czech and Slovakia respectively. On March 29th of the same year, the Czech Federal Parliament decided to rename the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic "Czechoslovak Federal Republic"; In Slovak, it is the two names of Czechoslovakia Federation and Republic, that is, a country. 1on April 20, 990, the Czech federal parliament passed another constitutional amendment, changing the name of the country to the Czechoslovak federal Republic. 1In June, 1992, Czechoslovakia held a national election, and the Czech Citizens Democratic Party and the Slovak Movement for Democracy and Slovakia, whose political opinions and economic programs were completely different, won, and the two parties became the ruling parties of the two republics. The two parties have held many consultations on the state system, and the two sides confirmed that there are differences of principle on the federal state system. Finally, on July 23, an agreement was reached in Bratislava to dissolve the Federation and split the country in two. 1992 1 1 On 25th, the Czech Federal Parliament passed the Law on the Dissolution of the Czechoslovak Federal Republic by a two-thirds majority, and decided that the Czech Federal Republic would be dissolved automatically on 3rd February 19921. From 1993 1 month 1 day, the Czech Republic and Slovakia became two independent countries. 1993 1 month 19, the United Nations General Assembly accepted the Czech Republic as a member. 1999 1 1 On 24th, the prime ministers of Slovakia and the Czech Republic signed a treaty and its protocol in Bratislava to solve the remaining problems of property division between the two countries. According to the protocol, the Czech government returned 4.5 tons of gold to Slovakia, and at the same time exempted the debt owed by the Slovak government of 25.8 billion kroner (about 34 kroner 1 USD). At this point, the property problems left over from the independence of the Czech Republic and Slovakia 1993 have all been solved, eliminating a major obstacle to the development of bilateral relations.