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The Baltic states, or Baltic countries, is a term which usually refers to three countries to the East of the Baltic Sea:

It ought to be noted that although the present-day Baltic countries are republics, the term Baltic Republics refers to the same territories under Soviet occupation.

The term state is here used as a synonym of sovereign country, as distinct from non-sovereign states of the kind to be found in federations and confederations.

Balticum is the geographic term used in local languages, Scandinavian languages, and in GermanGerman (called Deutsch in German in which germanisch refers to prechristian times), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and one of the world's major languages. It is the language with the most native speakers in the European Union. for the territory of the Baltic states and historical East PrussiaEast Prussia ( German: Ostpreussen Polish: Prusy Wschodnie Russian: Vostochnaya Prussiya was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. The northern part of East Prussia corresponds today to Russia's Kaliningrad O. In a historical context it includes the lands of:

Prior to World War II, Finland was sometimes considered, particularly by the Soviet Union, a fourth Baltic state. For example in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939, Nazi Germany agreed to mention Finland as one of the Baltic States, thereby indirectly relinquishing Finland to the Soviet sphere of interest. Since then, the Finnish view that Finland is one of the Nordic countries has become generally accepted.

Despite the common name, some people point out that the three Baltic countries have little in common. Estonia wishes to become yet another Nordic country, while Lithuania focuses on its connection to Poland and Central Europe.

1 Geography

The Baltic countries are often considered to be part of Eastern Europe, both geographically and, due to the historical influence of Poland, Russia and the Soviet Union, culturally. Due to the historical impact of the Hanseatic League and especially Estonia's and Latvia's modern and historical connections to Finland and Sweden, they may be also considered a part of Northern Europe. A compromise terminology for the Baltic States is Northeastern Europe.

The term Baltic states differs from the term Baltic sea countries which refers to all the countries bordering the Baltic.

Nearby is Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast, the northern part of historical East Prussia.

Some political scientists consider Lithuania as part of Central Europe, because it shares few common influences with the other two countries, for example, Swedish and German ones.



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