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| Kingdom of Romania Regatul României (Romanian) Timeline: Alexander the Liberator
OTL equivalent: Romania | ||||||
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| Motto: Nihil Sine Deo "Nothing without God" |
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| Anthem: Trăiască Regele "Long live the King" |
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 Location of Romania
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| Capital (and largest city) | Bucharest | |||||
| Other cities | Constanța, Botoșani, Bârlad, Râmnicu Sărat, Moldova Nouă | |||||
| Official languages | Romanian | |||||
| Regional languages | Hungarian | |||||
| Ethnic groups (2011) | 88.9% Romanians 6.1% Hungarians 3.0% Roma 0.2% Ukrainians 0.2% Germans |
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| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy | |||||
| Demonym | Romanian | |||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | Monarch | Margareta | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Klaus Iohannis | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament | |||||
| - | Upper house | Senate | ||||
| - | Lower house | Chamber of Deputies | ||||
| Formation of Modern Romania | ||||||
| - | First Union under Michael the Brave | 1600 | ||||
| - | United Principalities | 24 January 1859 | ||||
| - | Independence from the Ottoman Empire | 24 January 1859 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 238,391 km2 92,043 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 3 | ||||
| Currency | Romanian leu (RON) |
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| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||||
| Date formats | dd.mm.yyyy | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .ro | |||||
| Calling code | +40 | |||||
| Patron saint | Saint Andrew | |||||
Romania (Romanian: România), officially the Kingdom of Romania (Romanian: Regatul României), is a sovereign state located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. It borders the Black Sea, Bulgaria, Russia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia. Its capital and largest city, Bucharest, is home to 1,883,425 inhabitants as of 2011; other major urban areas include Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași and Constanța.
The River Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany and flows in a general southeast direction for 2857 km (1775 mi), coursing through ten countries before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Romania from the north to the southwest, include Moldoveanu, at 2544 m (8346 ft).
Modern Romania was formed in 1859 through a personal union of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The new state, officially named Romania since 1866, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877. At the end of World War I, Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia united with the sovereign Kingdom of Romania following the dissolution of Austria-Hungary. During World War II, Romania was an ally of Nazi Germany against Russia, fighting side by side with the Wehrmacht until 1944, when it joined the Allied powers and faced occupation by the Imperial Russian Army forces. Romania lost several territories, of which Northern Transylvania was regained after the war. Following the war, Romania became an ally of Russia and joined the Warsaw Pact.
Romania ranks 50th in the Human Development Index and is a developing country, with an annual economic growth rate of 7% (as of 2017). Following rapid economic growth in the early 2000s, Romania has an economy predominantly based on services, and is a producer and net exporter of machines and electric energy, featuring companies like Automobile Dacia and OMV Petrom. An overwhelming majority of the population identify themselves as Eastern Orthodox Christians and are native speakers of Romanian, a Romance language. The cultural history of Romania is often referred to when dealing with influential artists, musicians, inventors, and sportspeople.