1. Vampireania By: Logan Guy

2. LAND, CLIMATE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES How is Romania’s geography, climate, and natural resources connected to their daily life and/or jobs? Romania is about the size of Oregon. The Carpathian Mountains, the country’s dominant geographical feature, from half of a crown in the north and central regions, nearly surrounding the Transylvanian plateau. The average temperature in July is 77 degrees F (25 degrees c). The average temperature in January averages 27 degrees F (-3 degrees C). About 41% of the land is suitable for farming and 29% is forested.

3. Economics  GDP growth rate 0.9% (2012 est.)  GDP per capita $12,800 (2012 est.)  GDP composition by sector Agriculture 7.9%, Industry 32.9%, Services 49%. (2010 est.)  Labor force by occupation Agriculture 30%, Industry 20.2%, Services 49.8%. (2010 est.)  Unemployment rate 4.3% (2012 est.). Country comparison to the world is 40. (2011 est.)  Poverty rate 21.1% (2010 est.)  Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) -2.3% of GDP (2012 est.). Country comparison to the world is 78.  Inflation rate 3% (2012 est.). 5.8% (2011 est.)  Export partners Germany 18.9%, Italy 13%, France 7.6%, Turkey 6.2%, Hungary 5.7%.

4. Culture Languages- Romanian (official) 91%, Hungarian 6.7%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.1%, Other 1.2%. Religion- Eastern Orthodox 86.8%, Protestant 7.5%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, other 0.9%, none 0.1%.

5. Current Events  20 years ago, Romanian culture lost one of the most brilliant people of the 20th century. On 21 May 1991, historian of religions, fiction writer and essayist Ioan Petru Culianu was shot in the back of the head with a handgun. The incident happened in the lavatory of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. The FBI arrested two suspects, one of whom was immediately released.

6. Imports and Exports Exports  $67.72 billion (2012 est.)  -8.107 billion (2011 est.) Imports  78.31 billion (2012 est.)  73.12 billion (2011 est.)

7. Imports and Exports partners Export partners  Germany 18.9%, Italy 13%, France 7.6%, Turkey 6.2%, Hungary 5.7%. Import partners  Germany 17.2%, Italy 11.4%, Hungary 8.8%, France 5.8%, China 4.6%, Kazakhstan 4.2%.

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