• Capital: Riga
• Population: 2.1m
• Number of elections since 1991: 13
• Number considered free and fair: 13
• Average annual income: $14,060
• Famous people: Mark Rothko (artist, born in what is now Daugavpils, Latvia), Arvīds Blūmentāls (said by some to be the original Crocodile Dundee)