Estonia
Officially the Republic of Estonia is a sovereign state in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland with Finland on the other side, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. Across the Baltic Sea lies Sweden in the west and Finland in the north. The territory of Estonia consists of a mainland and 2,222 islands in the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of 17,462*sq*mi, water 1,096*sq*mi, land area 16,366*sq*mi, and is influenced by a humid continental climate. Ethnic Estonians – the largest ethnic group in country – are a Finnic people.