The modern nation of Belarus was one of the founding nations of the United Nations following the end of the Second World War. It is a landlocked Eastern European nation, which is bordered by Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, and Poland. The fact of his landlocked has not diminished the economic productivity and prosperity of the nation, which contains nearly nine and a half million people.

Its most prosperous and industries include forestry, lumber production, and manufacturing, which is centered in urban areas such as the capital, Minsk, and other cities such as Brest, Oblast, and Grondo. Although, there are a great deal of Western Asian peoples living and working in Belarus, the ethnic makeup of the country is predominantly composed of Ukrainians, Poles, Russians, Lithuanians, and native Belarusians. Culturally the nation is divided linguistically by two national languages, Russian and Belarusian. What is most interesting about the linguistic aspect of Belarusian culture is that Belarusian functions using the Western style Roman alphabet, while Russian employs a Greek-based, or Cyrillic script. Furthermore, while there are Jews and Muslims living in the country, Belarus is predominantly religiously divided between Roman Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity. The reason for the coexistence of two theologically opposed branches of Christianity in this one country is due to the geographic position of the nation between both predominantly Catholic Poland and predominantly Orthodox Russia.

Owing to the proximity of Belarus to Russia and other northern nations, the climate experienced here is usually cold and arid. Furthermore, Belarusians, like their neighbors, experience a two-season year, with alternates between extreme winters and mild summers.