The Kingdom of Estland (commonly just Estland, Estonian: Estismaa Kuningriik or Estimaa) is a sovereign state located on the continent of Europe. Estland sits on the shore of the Baltic Sea, and is bordered by Russia to the east and Latvia to the south. The country is separated from Sweden westwards across the Baltic Sea and from Finland across the Gulf of Helsinki. Although it is apart of the European Union and the Schengen Area, Estland is not apart of the Eurozone and maintains a reasonable amount of independence from European unionist efforts.