Lithuania is a country.
The Baltic states , also known as the Baltic countries , Baltic republics , Baltic nations , or simply , the Baltics ( Balti riigid , Baltimaad , Baltijas valstis , Baltijos valstybės ) , are the three countries in northern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea : Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania . Lithuania . One of the three Baltic states , it is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea , to the east of Sweden and Denmark .