Poland

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Poland is a country in central Europe, east of Germany. Poland's territory, and even existence, has been highly variable throughout history, from being a mere backwater of the German and Russian empires to the stable, democratic republic we see today. The majority of Poles would indentify themselves as being Roman Catholic (whether practicing or by cultural background), and the late Pope John Paul II was himself Polish.

[edit] History

Poland appears has been invaded by Germany, Russia, Sweden and every other country that could get there, which has resulted in abnormally high concentrations of badassery in the surviving populace. Even Shakespeare has Denmark at war with Poland in Hamlet. Poland was the location of several concentration camps under Nazi occupation, of which Auschwitz and Treblinka are perhaps the most notorious. Since World War II, however, Poland has been at peace. Apart from those anti-government protests and riots in the fifties. And in the seventies. And the eighties. Eventually the Communists, after holding power for 40 years, saw sense and agreed to share power with other parties in 1989. Lech Walesa, leader of the Trade union Solidarity, became President and won the Nobel Prize for peace. He once boasted that he had never read a book.

[edit] The Kaczynski brothers. Seeing double?

In 2005-2007 Poland was one of the few countries in which the head of state and prime minister were not only brothers, but identical twins. The Kaczynski brothers, occupying the top-two slots in government have raised some questions, specifically, how does one know who is who? Since 2007 Jarosław Kaczyński is no longer Poland's prime minister.

[edit] Cool Polish stuff

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