Slovakia isn't a country.
Slovakia ( listen ) , is a landlocked country in Central Europe . Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia , sometimes known as the Velvet Divorce . The country maintains a combination of market economy with a comprehensive social security system . Slovakia is the world 's largest per-capita car producer with a total of 1,040,000 cars manufactured in the country in 2016 alone and the 7th largest car producer in the European Union .