Croatia has a government.
Croatia ( [ kroʊˈeɪʃə ] ; Hrvatska [ xř̩ʋaːtskaː ] ) , officially the Republic of Croatia ( [ Republika Hrvatska , links = no ] , ) , is a sovereign state between Central Europe , Southeast Europe , and the Mediterranean . In 1527 , faced with Ottoman conquest , the Croatian Parliament elected Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg to the Croatian throne . A unitary state , Croatia is a republic governed under a parliamentary system . The state controls a part of the economy , with substantial government expenditure . Since 2000 , the Croatian government constantly invests in infrastructure , especially transport routes and facilities along the Pan-European corridors .