Romania
Culture
The cuisine of Romania has the same influences as the rest of Romanian culture; from Roman times there still exists the simple pie called, in Romanian, plăcintă and keeping the initial meaning of the Latin word placenta. The Turks brought meatballs (fried mititei or perişoare in a soup called ciorbă); from the Greeks there is the musaca (moussaka) and covrigi (hot pretzels); from the Bulgarians, a wide variety of vegetable dishes like zacuscă; from the Austrians there is the şniţel (schnitzel); from the Hungarians, their ornate pastries; and the list could go on.
Romania Government
Romania has a democratic, elected type of government. There are 4 major parties in the Romanian Parliament now, the Liberal-Democratic Party (which has won the elections in 2008), the Socialist Democratic Party, the Liberal Party and The Union of the Magyars in Romania. Since the Liberal-Democratic Party has only 38% of the votes and it couldn't form a majority, they formed a coalition with the Magyars and some independent members of the Parliament and thus they govern together.
Landmarks
The Palace of Parliment and Bran Castle are very old historical buildings in Romania