Romania is 21% larger than South Dakota (USA).
Area: 238,391 km2 World Factbook
Population: 21,729,871 (July 2014) World Factbook
Romania, formerly also spelled Roumania and Rumania, is a country located at the crossroads of Southeastern and Central Europe, on the Lower Danube, north of the Balkan Peninsula and the western shore of the Black Sea. Wikipedia
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes. South Dakota is the 17th most extensive, but the 5th least populous and the 5th least densely populated of the 50 United States. Wikipedia