地中海東部的一個島國。因處於歐亞接地中海的要道，幾千年來遭遇無數次外來勢力侵略或佔領。1960年從英國殖民獨立出來，法理主權為賽普勒斯全島和周圍海域，但實際上北邊由土耳其支持的北賽普勒斯土耳其共和國實質佔領，賽普勒斯政府有效統治區域僅佔全島面積63%。目前南北賽普勒斯仍處於分裂狀態。

Year Founded: 1960

The Republic of Cyprus is an island nation east of the Mediterranean Sea. Sitting on the main Eurasia pathway into the Mediterranean Sea, Cyprus has experienced many foreign invasions or occupations for thousands of years. Since its independence from the UK in 1960, officially sovereignty covers the entire island of Cyprus and its surrounding waters, but in reality, the north is de facto occupied by the Turkish backed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and the area effectively ruled by the government of Cyprus accounts for only 63% of the entire island. Northern and southern Cyprus is currently still divided.