(pronounced "ee-AHN ee-lee-YEH-skew") "The main arguments [in
favor of economic reform] are the facts. And people should see
that all these measures—the privatizations, the improvement of
the administration, the legislation, the measures for the
modernization of the economy, the promotion of new
technologies—are beneficial to them…No words are necessary now
but acts." Romania lies in southeastern Europe. Its geography is
influenced by the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube River. It
comprises an area of 237,500 sq km (91,699 sq mi) and is bounded
by Ukraine to the north, Moldova to the northeast, the Black Sea
to the east, Bulgaria to the south, Serbia to the southwest, and
Hungary to the northwest. Its population was estimated at 22.3
million in 2002. About 90% of the population is Romanian, 7% are
Hungarian, and 2% are Roma. Romanian Orthodox is the dominant
religion, being the professed faith of 70% of the population; 6%
are Protestant, 3.5% are Uniate Catholic, and 3% are Roman
Catholic. About 90% of the