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Slovakia

Population: 5.4m
UK Slovak Pop: ?
Size: 48,845 sq km
Capital: Bratislava, 0.4m
Per Capita $15,800/£8,020
Language: Slovak 84%
Religions: Roman Catholic 69%, Protestant 11%
Internet users: 0.7million

Czech Republic

Population: 10.2m
UK Czech Pop: ?
Size: 78,866 sq km
Capital: Prague, 1.3m
Per Capita $21,900/£11,110
Language: Czech
Religions: Roman Catholic 27%, Protestant 2%
Internet users: 5.1million

Poland

Population: 38.5m
UK Polish Pop: estimated 0.75m
Size: 312,685 sq km
Capital: Warsaw, 2.2m
Per Capita $12,700/£6,446
Language: Polish 98%
Religions: Roman Catholic 90%
Internet users: 6.4 million

Russia

Population: 144m
UK Russian Pop: ?
Size: 17,075,200 sq km
Capital: Moscow, 10.7m
Per Capita $10,700/£5,430
Language: Russian 100%
Religions: Russian Orthodox 15%–20%
Internet users: 18 million

Hungary

Population: 10m
UK Hungarian Pop: ?
Size: 93,030 sq km
Capital: Budapest, 2.6m
Per Capita $16,100/£8,173
Language: Magyar (Hungarian) 94%
Religions: Roman Catholic 52%
Internet users: 1.6 million

Romania

Population: 22.3m
UK Romanian Pop: ?
Size: 237,500 sq km
Capital: Bucharest, 2.2m
Per Capita $8,400/£4260
Language: Romanian (official), Hungarian, German
Religions: Romanian Orthodox 87%
Internet users: 1million

Ukraine

Population: 46.7m
UK Ukrainian Pop: ?
Size: 603,700 sq km
Capital: Keiv, 3.2m
Per Capita $6,800/£3450
Language: Ukrainian 67%, Russian 24%
Religions: Ukrainian Orthodox (Kiev Patriarchate) 19%
Internet users: 1million

Lithuania

Population: 3.6m
UK Lithuania Pop: ?
Size: 65,200 sq km
Capital: Vilnius, 0.5m
Per Capita $13,900/£7055
Language: Lithuanian 82% (official), Russian 8%, Polish 6%
Religions: Roman Catholic 79%, Russian Orthodox 4%
Internet users: 340,000

Estonia

Population: 1.3m
UK Estonia Pop: ?
Size: 43,211 sq km
Capital: Tallinn, 0.5m
Per Capita $16,400/£8325
Language: Estonian 67% (official), Russian 30%
Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 14%, Russian Orthodox 13%
Internet users: 440,000

Bulgaria

Population: 7.3m
UK Bulgarian Pop: 30,000
Size: 110,549 sq km
Capital: Sofia, 1.1m
Per Capita $10,400/£5279
Language: Bulgarian 85%, Turkish 10%
Religions: Bulgarian Orthodox 83%, Islam 12%
Internet users: 2.2m