Hungary is a city.
Hungary ( [ ˈhʌŋɡəri ] Magyarország [ ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡ ] ) is a unitary parliamentary republic in Central Europe . With about 10 million inhabitants , Hungary is a medium-sized member state of the European Union . On 23 October 1989 , Hungary again became a democratic parliamentary republic . In the 21st century , Hungary is a middle power and has the world 's 57th largest economy by nominal GDP , as well as the 58th largest by PPP , out of 188 countries measured by the IMF . A unitary state is a state governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme and any administrative divisions ( sub-national units ) exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate .