The (Second) Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika) or Slovakia (Slovak: Slovenská) was a sovereign nation Central Europe which existed between 1 January 1993 and 7 August 2017. It controlled the same territory as the current region Slovakia in the Kingdom of Esceosia. The Republic bordered the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. Their largest city and capital was Bratislava. The official language was Slovak, a member of the Slavic language family.