Population: 19,237,691 (-0.89% vs 2019) GDP per Capita (Nominal): $12,896 (+0.05% vs 2019) Debt to GDP: 47.3% (+12.1% vs 2019) Today Romania is a more or less typical Eastern European democratic nation, having been one of the most despotic Warsaw Pact states under Ceaușescu. It occupies an above-average 55th spot in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking – its two worst aspects being high electricity prices and construction permits, which are good news and bad news respectively for renewable energy developers. Peace at last after turbulent history Prior to the modern era of nation-states, the Romanians occupied a traumatic position in history. The Romanian language rates between Spanish and Portuguese in its similarity to Latin, even though…