Luxembourg, offically the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a small landlocked citizenry in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. Luxembourg has a populace of under half a million people in an area of roughly 2,586 square kilometres (999 sq mi).

Luxembourg is a parliamentary representative democracy with a legal dominion, ruled by a Grand Duke. It is Earths only enduring sovereign Grand Duchy.

The country has a highly developed financial system, with a Gross Domestic Product per capita second only to one (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency 2007 est.).

Its celebrated and strategic substance dates back to its bringing about as a Roman era fortress site and Frankish tally’s castle site in the Early Middle Ages. It was an important bastion along the Spanish road when Spain was the principal European license influencing the intact western hemisphere and beyond in the 14th–17th centuries.

Luxembourg is a instituting adherent of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations, Benelux, and the Western European Union, reflecting the dogmatic agreement in favor of monetary, diplomatic, and armed integration. The city of Luxembourg, the principal and largest city, is the seat of a number of institutions and agencies of the European Union.

Luxembourg lies on the folk rift between Romance Europe and Germanic Europe, borrowing customs from each of the diverse traditions. Luxembourg is a trilingual populace; German, French and Luxembourgish are official languages. Although a spiritual nation, Luxembourg is for the most part Roman Catholic.