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Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian country in Northern ___MASK63___ . It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge - tunnel across the Öresund . At , Sweden is the third - largest country in the European Union by area , with a total population of 10 . 0 million . Sweden consequently has a low population density of , with the highest concentration in the southern half of the country . Approximately 85 % of the population lives in urban areas . The Baltic states , also known as the Baltic countries , Baltic republics , Baltic nations , or simply , the Baltics , are the three countries in northern ___MASK63___ on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea : Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania . The Baltic states cooperate on a regional level in several intergovernmental organizations . Russia , also officially known as the Russian Empire , was a state that existed from 1721 until it was overthrown by the short - lived liberal February Revolution in 1917 . One of the largest empires in world history , stretching over three continents , the Russian Empire was surpassed in landmass only by the British and Mongol empires . The rise of the Russian Empire happened in association with the decline of neighboring rival powers : the Swedish Empire , the Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth , Persia and the Ottoman Empire . It played a major role in 1812  14 in defeating Napoleon ' s ambitions to control ___MASK63___ , and expanded to the west and south . Lithuania ( UK and US : ), officially the Republic of Lithuania , is a country in Northern ___MASK63___ . One of the three Baltic states , it is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea , to the east of Sweden and Denmark . It is bordered by Latvia to the north , Belarus to the east and south , Poland to the south , and Kaliningrad Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) to the southwest . Lithuania has an estimated population of 2 . 9 million people , and its capital and largest city is Vilnius . Lithuanians are a Baltic people . The official language , Lithuanian , along with Latvian , is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo - European language family . A landlocked state or landlocked country is a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land , or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas . There are currently 48 such countries , including four partially recognised states . Only two , Bolivia and Paraguay in ___MASK51___ , lie outside Afro - ___MASK73___ ( the Old World ). Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern ___MASK63___ , one of the three Baltic states . It is bordered by Estonia to the north , Lithuania to the south , Russia to the east , and Belarus to the southeast , as well as a maritime border to the west alongside Sweden . Latvia has 1 , 957 , 200 inhabitants and a territory of . The country has a temperate seasonal climate . The Merkys ( Belarusian :  Miarkis ) is a river in southern Lithuania and northern Belarus . It flows for 13 km ( 8 mi ) through Belarus , 5 km ( 3 mi ) along the Belarusian -- Lithuanian border , and 195 km ( 121 mi ) through Lithuania before joining the Neman River near Merkin . Merkys is mostly fed by underground streams and therefore is cooler during summers and has smaller fluctuations in water level than other rivers in Lithuania . Near Žagarin ( 128 km ( 80 mi ) before its mouth ) the Merkys is connected with Lake Papys by a canal . The Vok originates from this lake and consumes most of the Merkys ' water . Before the canal average discharge of the Merkys is 3 m3 / s ( 110 cu ft / s ) and below it only 0 . 7 m3 / s ( 25 cu ft / s ) . At the end of the 19th century the drainage basin of the Merkys grew by some 410 km2 ( 160 sq mi ) as its tributary la River overtook some of the Kotra ' s watershed area . The Merkys is a popular destination among water tourism enthusiasts as part of it belongs to the Dzkija National Park and it flows into the Neman near the historical site of Merkin . Archaeological findings show that people inhabited the area as early as the Mesolithic period . The Merkys is known for its diverse fauna , being declared a reservoir for trout in 1974 . Eastern ___MASK63___ , also known as East ___MASK63___ , is the eastern part of the European continent . There is no consensus on the precise area it covers , partly because the term has a wide range of geopolitical , geographical , cultural , and socioeconomic connotations . There are " almost as many definitions of Eastern ___MASK63___ as there are scholars of the region ". A related United Nations paper adds that " every assessment of spatial identities is essentially a social and cultural construct ". The Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth , formally the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , after 1791 the Commonwealth of Poland , was a dualistic state , a bi - confederation , of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch , who was both the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania . It was one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th - and 17th - century ___MASK63___ . At its peak in the early 17th century , the Commonwealth spanned some and sustained a multi - ethnic population of 11 million . The union was formalized by the Union of Lublin in July 1569 , but the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were in a de - facto personal union since 1386 with the marriage of the Polish queen Hedwig and Lithuania ' s Grand Duke Jogaila , who was crowned King " jure uxoris " Wadysaw II Jagieo of Poland . The First Partition of Poland in 1772 and the Second Partition of Poland in 1793 greatly reduced the nation ' s size and the Commonwealth disappeared as an independent state following the Third Partition of Poland in 1795 . Northern ___MASK63___ is the northern part or region of ___MASK63___ . Although no definitive borders or definition exists for the term , geographically , Northern ___MASK63___ may be considered to consist approximately of all of ___MASK63___ above the 52nd parallel north ; which includes ( from west to east ) most or all of : Iceland , the Republic of Ireland , the Isle of Man , the United Kingdom , the Faroe Islands , the Netherlands , northern Germany , Denmark , Norway , Sweden , northern Poland , Finland , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania and northwest Russia . However , narrower definitions may also be used based on other geographical factors , such as climate and ecology . Greenland , geographically a part of ___MASK99___ , is politically a part of the Kingdom of Denmark , and may be included depending on the definition . Denmark is a Scandinavian country in ___MASK63___ . The southernmost and smallest of the Nordic countries , it is south - west of Sweden and south of Norway , and bordered to the south by Germany . The Kingdom of Denmark is the sovereign state that comprises Denmark proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean : the Faroe Islands and Greenland . Denmark has a total area of , and a population of 5 . 7 million . The country consists of a peninsula , Jutland , and an archipelago of 443 named islands , with the largest being Zealand and Funen . The islands are characterised by flat , arable land and sandy coasts , low elevation and a temperate climate . Belarus ( lat . ',      ), officially the Republic of Belarus , formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia ( though this name is no longer used in Belarus itself , even in Russian language ), is a landlocked country in Eastern ___MASK63___ bordered by Russia to the northeast , Ukraine to the south , Poland to the west , and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest . Its capital and most populous city is Minsk . Over 40 % of its is forested . Its strongest economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing . Until the 20th century , different states at various times controlled the lands of modern - day Belarus , including the Principality of Polotsk ( 11th to 14th centuries ), the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , the Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth , and the Russian Empire . Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central ___MASK63___ , situated between the Baltic Sea in the north and two mountain ranges ( the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains ) in the south . Bordered by Germany to the west ; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south ; Ukraine and Belarus to the east ; and the Baltic Sea , Kaliningrad Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) and Lithuania to the north . The total area of Poland is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in ___MASK63___ . With a population of over 38 . 5 million people , Poland is the 34th most populous country in the world , the 8th most populous country in ___MASK63___ and the sixth most populous member of the European Union . Poland is a unitary state divided into 16 administrative subdivisions , and its capital and largest city is Warsaw . Other metropolises include Kraków , Wrocaw , Pozna , Gdask and Szczecin . Ukraine ( tr . ) is a sovereign state in Eastern ___MASK63___ , bordered by Russia to the east and northeast , Belarus to the northwest , Poland and Slovakia to the west , Hungary , Romania , and Moldova to the southwest , and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast , respectively . Ukraine is currently in territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014 but which Ukraine and most of the international community recognise as Ukrainian . Including Crimea , Ukraine has an area of , making it the largest country entirely within ___MASK63___ and the 46th largest country in the world . It has a population of about 44 . 5 million , making it the 32nd most populous country in the world . Russia ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in ___MASK73___ . At , Russia is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth of the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end of March 2016 . The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % of the population live in European Russia . Russia ' s capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Samara .