People's Republic of Poland (1945-1989).
Coat of arms without the crown.

POLAND is a country located in Central Europe. It is bordered by 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 (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) to the north.

Official name People's Republic of Poland
The land area (km2) 312.685
Population ( 2005 est.) 38,143,000 
Language Polish
Capital Warsaw