Location: Europe
Capital: Tirana (270.000 inhab.)
Main Cities: Durrës, Elbasan, Shkodra, Vlorë
Population: 3,150,000
Area: 28,750 km2
Coin: 1 lek = 100 qindars
Languages: Albanian
Religions: Sunni Muslim, Orthodox Christian, Roman Catholic
The Independence's Year: 1912
Mountains: Jecerces (m. 2694)
Rivers: Drin, Voiussa, Semani
Lakes: Scutari, Ocrida, Prespa

It's one of the smallest European nations (It's a little greater than Sicily) and one of the poorest, following four centuries of Turkish domination, of the following Italian annexation and of decades of a rigid communist system that have isolated her from the rest of the world up to the years '90.
These are the motives for the thick immigration in Italy and of the desperation of the population.
The things are slowly improving and perhaps among a few years could become a sure state, where possible to enjoy the splendid sea will be (the Adriatic is in front of the Tremblings and to the Greek pearl of Corfù!) and the sour mountains of the northern Epiro.

Photographies to greater solution can be found to the page The Old Europe Gallery