Bessarabia (Romanian: Basarabia), officially the Republic of Bessarabia (Romanian: Republica Basarabiei), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe that is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south except for small portion which is surrounded by the Black Sea. It has a population of 3 million, roughly 400,000 of which live in the country's capital and largest city, Chișinău. A parliamentary republic, Andrei Ardelean has been Prime Minister since 2011.