the czech republic is in europe
in 2017  czech citizens had visafree or visaonarrival access to 168 countries and territories  ranking the czech passport 9th in the world lrb after 25 other countries rrb
the czechs lrb ei  lsb t rsb  singular masculine  ech  singular feminine  eka rrb or the czech people lrb esk nrod rrb  are a west slavic ethnic group native to the czech republic in central europe  who share a common ancestry  culture  history and are native speakers of the czech language