Poland is in Central Europe, east of Germany border countries: Belarus , Czech Republic , Germany , Lithuania , Russia , Slovakia , Ukraine. temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers mostly flat plain; with mountains along southern border, Poland is situated in the heartland of Europe, it has been both a bridge and a front line between eastern and western Europe.
Poland hopes to join the European Union in the not too distant future. The economy is represented largely by industry. Industry accounts for 22% of the overall national workforce. Some of the main industries are machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding and food processing. The transport network of Poland consists of 23,420 km of railways and 381,046 km of highways.
