Slovenia ( sloh-VEE-nee-ə; Slovene: Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Republika Slovenija , abbr.: RS), is a country located in Central and Southeastern Europe, at the crossroads of main European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the southwest, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.084 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is now a parliamentary republic and member nation of the European Union, United Nations, and NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.