Slovakia as a republic has an area of 18,923 sq. mi. (49,011 sq. km.) and a population of 5.37 million. Capital: Bratislava. Textiles, steel, and wood products are exported. ,Slovakia was settled by Slavic Slovaks in the 6th or 7th century and was incorporated into Greater Moravia in the 9th century. After the Moravian state was destroyed early in the 10th century, Slovakia was conquered by the Magyars and remained a land of the Hungarian crown until 1918, when it joined the Czechs in forming Czechoslovakia. In 1938, the Slovaks declared themselves an autonomous state within federal Czech-Slovak state. After the German occupation, Slovakia became nominally independent under the protection of Germany, March 16, 1939. Father Jozef Tiso was appointed President. Slovakia was liberated from German control in Oct. 1944, but in May 1945 ceased to be an independent Slovak state. In 1968 it become a constituent state of Czechoslovakia as Slovak Socialist Republic. January 1991 the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic was formed, and after June 1992 elections, it was decided to spit the federation into Czech Republic and Slovakia on January 1, 1993.,, Monetary System:,,, ,1 Korun = 100 Haleru to 1939,, ,1 Korun = 100 Halierov, 1939-1945,, ,1 Koran = 100 Halierov,,