Slovakia (/slɵˈvaːkiə/ ; Slovak: Slovensko [ˈslovɛnsko]. ), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovenska slovenská, republika (listen·help)), info is a country In Central. europelovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy with one of the fastest growth rates in the European Union and the OECD. The country joined the European Union in 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009.