Seperating from the Czech Republic

Slovakia is good at playing Hockey.

Slovakians is good at playing Hockey.

Slovakians is good at playing Hockey.

Slovakians are good at playing Hockey.

Yugo...

Apparently Slovakians are really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really good at hockey. However the country may be unique in being a former Eastern Bloc country that is now a member of NATO.

1) "Edita Gruberová (born December 23, 1946, Bratislava) is a Slovak soprano who is one of the most acclaimed coloraturas of recent decades." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edita_Gruberov%C3%A1 "Andy Warhol (Andrej Warhola) (1928-1987) — one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. He introduced Pop-Art to the world, and was the first artist to use a photographic silk-screen technique in his work. He was born in the United States as the son of emigrants from eastern Slovakia" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol "Sándor PetÅ‘fi (1823-1849) Hungarian national poet, born to a Slovak mother" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1ndor_Pet%C5%91fi "Adriana SklenaÅ™íková (married name: Adriana Karembeu) (born September 17, 1971 (1971-09-17) (age 36)) is a Slovak fashion model." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriana_Sklena%C5%99%C3%ADkov%C3%A1 "Chatam Sófer (1762-1839) - a famous (German born) rabbi of Bratislava" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatam_S%C3%B3fer "Ivan Bella (1964) – the first cosmononaut of Slovakia (in 1998) Eugene Cernan (1934) – U.S. astronaut, last man to set foot on the Moon, son of the Slovak immigrant Ondrej ÄŒerňan." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Bella http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Cernan Slovak americans: Jon Voight (Slovak father) Angelina Jolie (Slovak Grandfather) Paul Newmann (German-Jewish father - from Slovakia?) Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Slovaks 2) "Famous people whose families came from Slovakia: Actors: Angelina Jolie, Paul Newman, John Malkovich and Peter Lorre Artists: Andy Warhol and Dale Chihuly Songwriter/singer: Paul Simon Movie director: Ivan Reitmann Opera singers: Lucia Popp, Edita Gruberova, Peter Dvorsky, Sergej Kopcak and Lubica Vargicova. Apollo astronaut Eugene Cernan " "Although it is the capital of Slovakia, there were very few Slovaks in the city of Bratislava, until the middle of the 20th century. Most residents were Germans, Hungarians, Austrians or Czechs." Source and further information: http://www.cometoslovakia.com/ Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovaks