At the close of World War I, after the unification, on 1 December 1918, of all historic provinces inhabited by Romanians, a different Romania replaced the one in existence prior to 1914. A country with an area and population almost twice bigger emerged in South-Eastern Europe. The new state, in full tide of political modernization, was building its governing institutions and an administration up to the spirit of the European democratic liberalism. In a short lapse of time, a few years only, the country's social and political life would change basically.
