{"population":1369995,"blurb":{"text":"Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Its capital city of Tallinn, along with the city of Tartu, are the country's two largest urban areas. The Estonian language, of the Finnic family, is the official language and the first language of the majority of nearly 1.4 million people. Estonia is one of the least populous member states of the European Union.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia"},"vexillology":{"text":"The national flag of Estonia is a tricolour featuring three equal horizontal bands of blue at the top, black in the middle, and white at the bottom. The flag is called sinimustvalge in Estonian.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Estonia"},"flagDesign":{"text":"There is a popular song dedicated specifically to the flag of Estonia: \"The Estonian Flag\" (Estonian: Eesti lipp). The author of its lyrics, Martin Lipp, had an eponymous last name, and his poem was set to music in 1922 by composer Enn Võrk. A symbolic interpretation made popular by the poetry of Martin Lipp has it that the blue stands for the blue sky above Estonians, the black for the attachment to the soil of their homeland, and the white for purity, hard work and commitment.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Estonia"},"photos":["https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/1282_L%C3%BCbeck_Law_codex_for_Tallinn.jpg/500px-1282_L%C3%BCbeck_Law_codex_for_Tallinn.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Academia_Gustaviana.jpg/500px-Academia_Gustaviana.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Balti_kett_22.jpg/500px-Balti_kett_22.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Baltic_Battalion_Soldiers%2C_Trident_Juncture_15_%2822200204329%29.jpg/500px-Baltic_Battalion_Soldiers%2C_Trident_Juncture_15_%2822200204329%29.jpg"]}