It is a geopolitical term, typically
used to group the three
sovereign states in Northern
Europe on the eastern coast of
the Baltic Sea: Estonia, Latvia,
and Lithuania.
• The most important areas of
cooperation between the three
countries are foreign and
security policy, defence, energy
and transportation.
• All three countries are members
of the European Union, NATO,
the eurozone and the OECD.
• All three are classified as high income economies by the
World Bank and maintain a very
high Human Development
Index.
