Republic of Belarus, and historically Byelorussia, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It's administratively divided into seven regions. Minsk is the capital and largest city. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled thelands of modern-day Belarus, including Kievan Rus', the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution in 1917
Cities:
inhabitants
% pop
Area(km2)
Density
Minsk
1.950.680
21,7
217
8.989
Homel
529.882
5,9
75
7.065
Mahilioŭ
380.951
4,2
72
5.291
Hrodna
374.464
4,2
52
7.201
Brest
369.414
4,1
65
5.683
Vitsebsk
361.484
4,0
62
5.830
Babruysk
179.129
2,0
53
3.380
Economy: It's an upper-middle income mixed economy. As a post-Soviet transition economy, It rejected most privatisation efforts in favour of retaining centralised political and economic controls by the state. The highly centralised Belarusian economy emphasises full employment and a dominant public sector. It can be described as a welfare state. As of 2018, It ranks 53rd from 189 countries on the United Nations Human Development Index, and appeared in the group of states with "very high development"
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