Romania (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

Romania (Romanian: România), formally known as the Socialist Republic of Romania (Romanian: Republica Socialistă România), is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Geographically, it borders the Black Sea to the southeast, Bulgaria to the south, the Soviet Union (via the Ukrainian and Moldavian SSRs) to the north and east, Hungary to the west, and Serbia to the southwest. It has a predominantly temperate-continental climate. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, and other major urban areas include Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați.