The Republic of Poland (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska ) is a country located in Central Europe, between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania, and Russia to the north.

The Polish landscape consists almost entirely of the lowlands of the North European Plain, at an average height of 173 metres ( 568 ft ), though the Sudetes (including the Karkonosze) and the Carpathian Mountains (including the Tatra mountains, where one also finds Poland 's highest point, Rysy, at 2,499 m or 8,199 ft ) form the southern border. Several large rivers cross the plains; for instance, the Vistula ( Wisla ), Oder ( Odra ), Warta the (Western) Bug. Poland also contains over 9,300 lakes, predominantly in the north of the country. Masuria ( Mazury ) forms the largest and most-visited lake district in Poland . The country enjoys a temperate climate, with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters and mild summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms.

The capital and the largest city in Poland is Warsaw . It is located on the Vistula river. The city is home to many industries, institutions of higher learning, theatres and operas.

There are about 39 million people in Poland . The total area is 312700 square km.

Our country has a rich history with famous great Polish people: scientists (Nicolaus Copernicus, Maria Sklodowska-Curie), politicians (Ignacy Moscicki, Józef Pilsudski, Lech Walesa), writers (Czeslaw Milosz, Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont, Wislawa Szymborska), composers (Fryderyk Chopin, Ignacy Jan Paderewski), painters and sculptors (Jan Matejko, Józef Marian Chelmonski, Magdalena Abakanowicz) as well as artists, directors (Andrzej Wajda, Roman Polanski, Agnieszka Holland) and sportsmen (Adam Malysz, Robert Korzeniowski)