Identity Card:

General information:

Population: 2.000.000
Area: 20.273 km2
Borders with Austria, Italy, Croatia and Hungary - Schengen
Nearest cities: Vienna, Munich, Venice, Trieste, Zagreb, Budapest
Best air connections with German, Austrian, French and British airports
Language: Slovenian
Commonly spoken foreign languages: English, German, Italian, languages of ex-Yugoslavia
GDP per capita in 2007: 15.167€ (http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp)
GDP growth rate 2007: 5.9%
Country information: http://www.matkurja.com/en/country-info/ 
Map and Photos of Slovenia; http://www.burger.si/
 

Information on franchising:

Year started Franchising: 1980 (hotels, credit carts, rent a car)
Number of Franchise Systems: 107
Home-grown Concepts: 57
National networks abroad: 12
Foreign Concepts: 50
Number of Franchisees: 1107

Franchising is an elective course at the Gea College for Entrepreneurship: www.gea-college.si