Luxembourg is a small landlocked country, which is located in Western Europe. Belgium, France and Germany surround it. Luxembourg is a parliamentary representative democracy with a constitutional monarchy, which is a ruled by a Grand Duke. It is the world's only sovereign Grand Duchy. Luxembourg is a founding member of the European Union, Nato, the United Nations, Benchex and the Western European Union, reflecting the political consensus in favor of economic, political and military integration. French, German and Luxembourgish are official languages of Luxembourg.

In 963, a fort Luxembourg Castle was constructed. Around this fort, a town was gradually developed. After some time this town became the center of a small but important state of great strategic value. In 1431, the House of Luxembourg suffered many crises due to the lock of a male heir to assume the throne. Luxembourg's fortress was steadily enlarged and it occupied the areas of the Bourbons, Habsburgs, Hohenzollerns and the French. After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, Luxembourg was disputed between Prussia and the Netherlands. The congress of Vienna formed Luxembourg as a Grand Duchy in personal union with the Netherlands. Luxembourg also became a member of the German Confederation.

The Belgian revolution of 1830-1839 reduced Luxembourg's territory y more than half as the predominantly francophone western part of the country was transferred to Belgium. The 1839 First Treaty of London affirmed Luxembourg's independence. It also joined the Zollverein during 1839. The 1867 Second Treaty of London affirmed Luxembourg's independence, after the Luxembourg Crisis nearly led to war between Prussia and France.

The king of the Netherlands remained Head of State as Grand Duke of Luxemburg until 1890. After the death of William III, the Dutch throne passed to his daughter Wilhelmina, while Luxembourg passed to Adolph of Nassau - Weilburg-Luxembourg was invaded and occupied by Germany during the First World War, but it was allowed to maintain its independence. During the Second World War, Luxembourg was annexed into the Third Reich in 1942.

Its neighbours mainly influence the coulture of Luxembourg. Luxembourg has many folk traditions. There are some museums in Luxembourg. Among them the national Museum of History and Art, the History Museum of the City of Luxembourg and the new Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art are famous museums of the country. Luxembourg has some very famous artists like the painter Joseph Kutter and the photographer Edward Steichen.

Luxembourg has stable, high-income economy. It has many plus points like moderate growth, low inflation and low unemployment. Its industrial sector includes, steel, chemicals, rubber and other products. Moreover, some services like banking and other financial services contribute mainly in economic output. Agricultural is based on small family owned forms. Luxembourg has close trade and financial ties to Belgium and the Netherlands. It is also a member of the EU. Luxemburg has the highest GDP per capita in the world. Moreover it has the fourth highest quality of life. Its unemployment rate is 4.8% during March 2006.

French, German and Luxembourgish are official languages of Luxembourg. Luxembourgish is a Franconian language of the Moselle region, which is similar to German. Among these three official languages, Luxembourgishis also considered the national language of the Grand Duchy. None of the three languages predominates generally and each is used as the primary language in certain spheres. Luxembourgish is generally used for speaking, but both French and German supersede it for written purposes. French is mostly used for business purpose and German is the language of most media and of the church. Moreover, English is also aught to young student and most of the population of Luxembourg is proficient in English. Moreover, the two largest immigrant communities speak Portuguese and Italian languages.