Slovakia is a sports team.
Slovakia . A separate ( First ) Slovak Republic ( 1939 -- 1945 ) existed in World War II as a client state of Nazi Germany . 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 . In European elections , Slovakia is a constituency of the European Parliament , currently represented by fourteen MEPs .