Albania (Imperial Machines)

Albania (Albanian: Shqipëri/Shqipëria), officially known as the Albanian Kingdom (Albanian: Mbretnija Shqiptare), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Serbia to the north,  Bulgaria to the east, and  Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the west and on the Ionian Sea to the southwest. It is less than 72 km (45 mi) from Italy, across the Strait of Otranto which links the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea.

Albania is a parliamentary democracy with a transition economy. The capital, Tirana, is home to over 1 milion people of the country's 4,831,741 people. Tirana is also the financial capital of the country. Free-market reforms have opened the country to foreign investment, especially in the development of energy and transportation infrastructure. Albania was chosen as the No.1 Destination in Lonely Planet's list of ten top countries to visit for 2011.