Why Every Former Yugoslavia Country Is Shrinking Except For Slovenia

[@yankochoynev652]

Bulgaria had no war, EU member for 20 years, no regional tensions. How did we go from 9 to 6 million then? I think that's the more interesting topic.

[@JmKrokY]

But Bulgaria was a Warsaw pact member.

[@apollonasplxr2848]

Becouse you have shit economy, simple

[@chrism1990]

Low birth rate is a huge factor.

[@danielkuleshov5876]

no popular domestic made movies too

[@kaylidington]

Work opportunities elsewhere in the EU paying massively more.

[@nepremagljiv]

Average day in Slovenia in 2023: -47 new borns -59 deaths -93 foreigners moving in -61 slovenians moving out So Slovenians are a dying nation, sadly.

[@jasmineali2870]

@@nepremagljiv 20 extra citizens per day. 7300 per year.

[@premiumammoavoider]

ja že četrtega okupatorja živimo.. še malo pa bomo koroška

[@paulrodgers7228]

That’s really sad, it seems like Slovenia is really one of the best performing Eastern European countries and really poised to make overtake several Western European countries!

[@nepremagljiv]

@@paulrodgers7228 yeah it has perspective, but not with the current government.

[@mihaa.7498]

There are too many boomers anyway 💀

[@filipbih]

Slovenias population is just growing because of people from ex-Yugoslavia (mostly Bosnians and Kosovars) are moving to Slovenia for a search for the better life. Only reason. Otherwise it would be in decline.

[@ambrozoblak7371]

Velenje mala Bosna

[@dzonikg28]

Yes, so many people from Bosnia in Slovenia that is not even funny

[@filipbih]

@@ambrozoblak7371 Hahahahah živel sem v Velenju. Vala je mala Bosna

[@ambrozoblak7371]

@@filipbih par km bek sm, hodim u sredno taj, najace mesto

[@filipbih]

@@ambrozoblak7371 Js sm se preselil iz Velenja v Postojno v Junu 2022. Velenje mi tolk manjka. Postojna ni za pol kurca💀

[@radiouckaistra1256]

I am from Istra region, one of the Croatian northwester regions. I simply love Slovenia the best of the best. I adore slovenian culture, language, heritage, people, girls ❤. Simply I love Slovenia. Hej Slovenci pozzz iz Istre

[@JmKrokY]

Istarska županija 🥶

[@Hana9916]

Hej tudi tebi :)

[@iaminevitablethanos5168]

What do you think about Serbia?

[@SasoDoncev89]

I mi slovenci volimo hrvatsku❤ sve najbolje

[@RandomChessPlayer123]

Tip non-stop prikazuje znano fotko iz naše vojne za neodvisnost, govori pa skos o bosanski pa hrvaški vojni

[@igorsajn6246]

Slovenia has negative natality for decades, so surplus comes (after joining EU) from imigrants, esp. from other ex-Yu republics. Well after all - it is a very nice place on the sunny side of the Alps.

[@RandomChessPlayer123]

Slovenci- vemo ka je treba... Hehe

[@mnemonija]

@@RandomChessPlayer123 ne vem.

[@miliba]

Slovenia is without doubt one of the best European countries Ive visited and totally underrated. Lake Bled, Ljubljana, Piran, Postojna Caves and the Triglav were some of the many picturesque spots

[@Fukisrahell]

I agree. My home Croatia has some beauties, but Slovenia is much more interesting.

[@kcpcvideo]

I’m from slovenija thx😀😀😀

[@miliba]

@@kcpcvideo My former flatmate is Slovenian too. You guys are awesome

[@miliba]

@@Fukisrahell Bruh I loved cruising the Croatian coast, especially Split and Dubrovnik. There were just too many tourists but that was because of the GoT hype

[@Fukisrahell]

@@miliba yes me too

[@Slay-Skypra-Here]

Slovenian being near Western Europe along with Croatia has has a lot of help from the eu plus staying out of the yougoslav drama helps

[@tarikmehmedika2754]

Yeah but still both like to dip their fingers in Yugoslav drama even today and especially Croatia.

[@JmKrokY]

And yet Croatia along with Bulgaria are one of the worst countries when it comes to population decline in the European Union. 🤔

[@talesferreiralimadossantos8806]

​​@@JmKrokY Do you know why is there a massive population decline in these two countries? It started after the Cold War ended, it seems, is that a coincidence?

[@HladniSjeverniVjetar]

@@talesferreiralimadossantos8806 it started before WW1 due to agrarian crisis, specially due to Peronospora epidemic in Dalmatia, and overall poverty in the country due to agrarian crisis. And it didn't stop since then...

[@talesferreiralimadossantos8806]

@@HladniSjeverniVjetar And what did Austria-Hungary do to minimize the efects of the epidemic and farm crisis?

[@matejb2]

Here are the simplest reasons why slovenia population is growing: - the country has always been richer than the rest of the balkan region, because of the proximity to Austria and it's territory has been part of many different rich states: the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Carolingian Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Illyrian Provinces of Napoleon's First French Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. - the country has been less affected by Turkish invaders and have never lived under Ottoman rule. It has also been less affected by Yugoslav wars - it had better political stability and it's population were more educated, so it got more foreign investment - it had more job opportunities and better quality of life, so higher immigration, mostly from the former Yugoslav countries

[@MrDrowranger87]

Romans and Austrians have build like it's their own, at the other hand Ottomans raped and plundered for centuries and bring their religion to divide the population. at last 500 years border have changed here like 10 times

[@David-kf9no]

Slovenian native citizens are shrinking in population equally with other balkans and eastern europeans. All of that that you wrote cannot change the fact that in the last decades Slovenians dont want to have kids and keep population number only thanks to balkan immigrants. Slovenia has good economy but fertility mentality of any other balkan and european country.

[@HeroManNick132]

However Slovenia still has border disputes with Croatia.

[@barbthegreat586]

​@@HeroManNick132Croats have border dispute with Slovenia, for Slovenia it was resolved by international arbitration which the Croats don't recognize.

[@bangi2757]

​@@barbthegreat586 This "arbitration" is ruined by very shameful way for Slovenia.

[@crsx1861]

You forgot to mention that Slovenians are far less migratory than other people in the region. For instance, Croats have historical ethnic communities as far east as Romania, whereas Slovenia’s historical ethnic communities do not extent further than just the immediate areas beyond its borders. Slovenia is in fact unique in this aspect, compared to all other Central and Eastern European ethnic groups.

[@dzonikg]

Even during Yugoslavia in 60s and 70s many from Croatia and Serbia went to Germany to work and stay there while from Slovenia almost no one

[@JmKrokY]

Half of ethnic Croats live outside of Croatia which is kinda insane (I think it's similar for Serbs).

[@BH-yk5cn]

Slovenia does have historical claims and that is Italy. Long live a truly united Italy.

[@BoboSLO1]

Southern Austria and eastern italy was always Slovenian national land..

[@Luka-lf2cz]

@@BoboSLO1 But, Slovenian national land is rebranded Croatian land. Trst je naš. 🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷

[@SaadAliArts]

I think it is shrinking because of former Yugoslavia and conflicts erupting after breakup of Yugoslavia. Slovenia managed to overcome the affects by being close to Western Europe compared to other former Yugoslavian States and joining European Union along with Croatia

[@josephtrudel1816]

Total lies...always is...now & forever

[@nicholasharvey1232]

Slovenia's proximity to Western Europe certainly couldn't have hurt its chances at becoming the most successful post-Yugoslav state.

[@MacedonianBro]

Why , from perspective of Macedonian, this is why Slovenia is better ? Near the classic West Europe, near Italy and Austria, same healthcare system,free education, EU benefits , similar languages .....

[@sgrant9814]

I remember visiting Yugoslavia in the 80s it was a very nice country with friendly folk Sadly they all let religion and ethnicity get in the way and destroyed themself...a cautionary tale for other nations

[@nicholasharvey1232]

@@sgrant9814 Well there are going to be winners and losers whenever a country breaks up into smaller ones. Compare Estonia to Moldova or better yet, Turkmenistan. Likewise, Slovenia and Croatia are generally going to be bigger players on the world stage than Bosnia or North Macedonia. The breakups of both the USSR and Yugoslavia were good news for some republics but bad news for others. Also Czech Republic arguably came out better than Slovakia after the Velvet Divorce, owing to the former's larger economy and proximity to the West.

[@sandytesch2029]

Very interesting video. I have Slovenian ancestory my Grandfather came to U.S. to work in taconite mines. I will be making traditional Potica bread next week for Easter.

[@JmKrokY]

Cool

[@bojanbukovski1995]

Pozdrav iz Slovenije. 😊

[@simonmarini766]

Sorry, but Potica isn't a uniquely Slovenian specialty. Almost all European nations know potica; the differences lie only in the use of ingredients.

@@simonmarini766 Different ingredients ... not "potica". Would you say - pizza is not Italian, every Mediterranean country has some kind of flat bread with topping. And by the way, we have a couple of non "potica" varieties also with Slovenian heritage: "prekmurska gibanica", "gubana" from Beneška Slovenije (Slavia Veneta, now in Italy), both get their name from Slovenian "guba" -fold. And the Presnitz from Trieste made for Sissi also comes from "presnica", original recipe from Kostanjevica na Krasu. Every region and state has some culinary specialties, why do you feel the need to negate it to Slovenia?

[@simonmarini766]

Me veseli vaš odgovor. Moji trditvi sta: Potica ni nobena slovenska posebnost. Potica ni sladica, ampak sladki kruh. Gibanica je pobalkanjena izgovarjava gübojce. Balkanci pač ¸¨u izgovarjajo kot i. Güba je po mojem viru madžarskega izvora. Radi bi ohranjali tradicijo, potem pa rečejo: Prleška gibanica. Ker Prlek, če se že gre Prleka, bi rekel prleška gübojca. Glede pizze, ja, nimajo je samo Italijani. Niti ne trdim, da je italijanska zadeva. Trdim pa, da je najboljša Napolitanska. Žal sem kritik po naravi in vidim večino stvari narobne.

[@zer0neverer098]

Someone mentioned here, that slovenians are less migratory than others, however this has more with the fact that, only with Celovec region (Klagenfurt,Austria) and some Istria including Trst (Trieste), the Slovenian Republic is basically at it's ethno-territorial zenith. And staying on the issue, it does help that Slovenia had a sizeable industrial base at the time of the dissolution of Yugoslavia, on top of being the first to declare independence alongside Croatia, yet only fighting for 10 days with little relative costs compared to all other participants in the balkan wars.

[@barbthegreat586]

It helped that Slovenia refused the order to disarm its territorial army and was the only republic which had arms to fight aggression.

[@slavchomarinov9909]

Bit of a pronounciation lesson: 1.Slovinia 2. Cróats not Crouts 3. Dánube not the nube 4. Bosnia and Hercegóvina

[@lost_porkchop]

Cut him some slack, his name is Geoff but pronounced Jeff

[@massafelipe8063]

Slovenia is pronounced correctly, as locals do.

[@RemetaD]

At least he didn't say Monteafricanamerican, like some other american youtube "influencers".

[@TheSandkastenverbot]

@@RemetaD We're not interested in anti-woke hysterics, thank you

[@JmKrokY]

Slovenia*

[@dayros2023]

Well the reason is simple. Slovenia borders rich countries like Italy and Austria and got investments and tourists from them, also it was already the richest part of yugoslavia and it was the first of the balkan countries to join the EU, and that boosted its economy. Being richer than the others it attracts immigration. I visited it and it was full of bosnians and especially albanians. So the population is growing a little. The other balkan countries are poorer so they attract less migrants and have very high rates of emigration, especially of the young. Those factors, coupled with a low fertility rate will lead to a population collapse n the balkans.

[@Astuga]

Croatia is also an important tourist destination. I believe your second point is the relevant one. Slovenia, due to it's history and place in the region, is attractive for migrants from neighbouring countries. Also it's a small nation, it has only slightly more inhabitants then fe. the city of Vienna. Such small nations often have their own dynamic that is difficult to compare with those of larger or even just somewhat larger nations.

[@churblefurbles]

Unlike Italy they haven't taken in many disruptive migrants.

[@Lapsontheboy]

Slovenia contributed 27% of GDP of Jugoslavia-enough said!@@Astuga

[@andrewrogers3067]

Slovenia was the richest in Yugoslavia? Thought it was Croatia.

[@dzonikg28]

Italy is for sure not rich, even during Yugoslavia Slovenia looked so much better, yes Italy has tourist sites but just walk pass them and is totally different story.

[@JmKrokY]

0:08 Kosovo is not a UN member.

[@realserbianantifurry]

Kosovo is Serbia

[@kdexter2690]

@@realserbianantifurry Kosovo is independent nation

[@Ag-kt3je]

@@kdexter2690 it’s not 🏳️‍🌈🇽🇰

[@kdexter2690]

@@Ag-kt3je yes it is

[@dzonikg28]

@@kdexter2690 9 od 10 biggest country's in the world don't recognize Kosovo, basically USA and USA puppets. It has USA military base and that US only reason USA want it's fake independence. If you drive try Kosovo you will see that 99. 9 % off flags are flags off Albania

[@8rlx0]

Slovenia had a nice big buffer of Croatia during the breakup of Yugoslavia, so it was able to separate more easily than others. And it was mostly ethnically Slovene.

[@valentintapata2268]

There was an alliance between Slovenia and Croatia at the beginning, thank god Croatians immediately broke it by letting the JNA tanks cross unopposed.

[@JmKrokY]

@@valentintapata2268 Why?

[@valentintapata2268]

@@JmKrokY Because by doing this the alliance ended and Slovenia was not required to military assist Croatia any further.

[@JmKrokY]

@@valentintapata2268 That's not good, both sides should have kept the alliance.

[@valentintapata2268]

@@JmKrokY In that case Slovenia would be fighting in Croatia (Vukovar, Dubrovnik,...) and we would have a lot higher casualties. Idealism is one thing, realism another. Alliance was broken by Croatia not Slovenia.

[@spiritworldu]

misleading title as you really only discuss the video topic for about 1 minute. also, not sure where you got your pronunciations, but it’s bizarre and very distracting. “Herzegoviña,” “Slo-vane-ia,” “Crotes,” … i know it’s difficult to cover foreign cultures but it’s just bizarre as you seem to have gone out of your way to add different pronunciations for no reason.

[@davidv89955]

also this video could be just 1min long, but he goes to rant about everything else, explaining nothing

[@Azax0]

Slovenia was a developed country in Yugoslavia already. The main thing why Slovenia started independence was because it was financing Serbia and Beograd since it was the capital of Yugoslavia. All the main prosperous factories were located in Slovenia. At one point Beograd wanted to slow down Slovenian factory development untill Serbian factories can get up to date with Slovenian higher standard. So the main reason Slovenia quit it was sending large cash flows into capital city of Yugoslavia.

[@jenniferf1518]

Good video Geoff but you really have to work on your pronunciation of some words. CRO-at, not "croat".

[@B715]

Isn't it also the DANube river, not the d'nube?

[@anthonykaiser974]

​​​@@B715true, but in Latin, Danubius (or Danuvius) the emphasis would be on the second syllable, so it's understandable. Note there are zero English speaking nations on the Donau/Dunaj/Dunărea /Dunav.

[@frankdalton2492]

Moreover, there is no i before the final a in "Herzegovina" and "Vojvodina". Also, the pronunciation of Slovenia is a bit odd.

[@mitchyoung93]

It's actually Hrvat. Roll that 'R'.

[@Tj1212__]

The problem with slovenia is that we slovenians constantly complain about everything and we never have a stable goverment we should be glad we have it so well we are litterally on par with germany and austria when it comes to standar of living and we have a higher gdp per capita then spain

[@kurosumomo]

Worth mentioning is that Slovenia always was the most prosperous country or state, even in times of Yugoslavia. It was also close to being a monoethnic country/state, with Slovenes being like in the lower 90% of populations, where's other former Yugoslav countries were much more mixed with different ethnicities and nationalities that made up Yugoslavia. The prosperity and work ethic could be linked to being under the Austro-Hungarian empire for a long time, as were the educational levels of Slovenes. By the time the Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes was formed, 80% of Slovenes were literate, while the numbers of Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro etc. were way way down in the 50% in some cases lower, In 1931 the number in literacy jumped to 93% in Slovenia, 65% in Croatia and Vojvodina, and remained around 35-55% in the rest of Yugoslavia, some pockets being totally illiterate.

[@user-xj3ve7wt8k]

Low birth rate has long since become normal in Europe, which is not surprising when a certain level of economic prosperity is reached. Poor nations in Africa, Middle East, Asia, South America "produce" much more children than Europe and North America, which in the end they are used as "cheap work force" by Europe and North America.

[@joshgh8844]

Well, "cheap work force" is not correct... as they are mostly very expensive burden

[@WavyOnMobile]

Bro... this dudes pronunciations actually make me violently uncomfortable.

[@geoffgero6081]

Usually your videos are very good, this one not so much. Google pronunciation before you record next time. The history had simultaneously too much and not enough. If you're gonna do a full deep dive you need to explain the ethnic and religious differences and the historical reasons for animosity between them. If you're not doing a deep dive then cut out all the unnecessary rambling. Also, not focusing on Slovenia's borders with Austria and Italy and the wealth that comes from trade is pretty silly.

[@indigobaloon8091]

Bit N Macedonia borders Greece(old eu) yet it doesnt matter.

[@TheZerosd]

Google can't help him pronounce his not native and probably he doesn't have anyone who could help him....

[@richardmccarley281]

Do you mean the Danube? DAN-yube

[@jenniferf1518]

Yup. Not the first time he's mispronounced this.

[@jeremywhite92]

DAN-yube. I realize I'm repeating it, but it feels worth repeating.

[@davidwest2880]

Like that famous waltz, blue danoob!

[@ronwinkles2601]

More people of Slovenian ancestry live in America than any other country. They are wonderful, industrious people and a true asset to our Nation.

[@asstaco]

thank you for having such appreciation for our people, god bess you.

[@jernejfunkl8300]

It's a shame that not enough people know the qualities of our nation... The former "southerners" will slowly eat us up :( Greetings from Slovenia.

[@perou7367]

True, we gave you Melania Trump and Lana Rhoades

[@tkol123]

During the 70' I saw a list of cities with the largest Slovene population, and it went like: 1. Lubljana 2. Maribor 3. Cleveland 4. Celje

[@massafelipe8063]

Since 2023. Croatia is growing population wise, fuelled by a huge migratory spike from foreign workers. Since many people left there was a great shortage of workers in some areas.

[@JmKrokY]

Nice

[@temistogen]

Not even a biblical wave of people would help croats at this point.

[@dzonikg28]

If you consider people from Nepal natives then yes

[@ivonacindric6417]

These people from Asia ( recently coming for a temporary jobs) are not integrated at all...They live in a parallel world.

[@JmKrokY]

@@temistogen How so? Statistics show that the country is developing nicely (depends on the are though).

[@littlemaridee]

I always love how the music in his videos is used so perfectly. It's at the right volume, but also the right vibe and tempo. It's edited great so that it accents the content, but you barely notice it when he's talking. I hate when I'm distracted by the music.

[@couchsofa2977]

Crote? seriously

[@sabrinarodrigues629]

BWAHAHAHAHHAHA

[@nikgracanin6180]

I'm 100% certain this whole script for the video was written by AI. This is what "content" has become.

[@T0m0zuki]

My grand grand mother came from Pennsylvania ... with her parents of course. She was born there, but her parents migrated there in 1870's. Then they came back somewhere around 1912. They lived in Pittsburgh and then returned to Prekmurje to maintain a farm which a relative left behind. But those are not the only folks from my family. From mother's side, some of her ancestors lived in Iowa. Still do, tho. But I've lost their Address. 🫣 Most Slovenian minorities live in Austria and Italy, because our lands shrunk a bit during World war 1 and 2.

[@JmKrokY]

🤔

[@judithkoveleskie7476]

My paternal grandparents came from Slovenia around 1900. They always had a strong sense of national identity and never thought of themselves as Yugoslavian.

[@withoutshadowww]

There was no Slovenia in 1900. There was no Slovenia as a republic before Yugoslavia. Before Yugoslavia, even, Slovenes were not recognised and didn't have their full cultural rights.

@@withoutshadowww Of course there was Slovenia in 1900, it was the area with mostly Slovenian population. Just like Kurdistan or Catalonia exists, but it is not an independent country. The level of Slovenian cultural rights in Austro-Hungarian empire was much better than what they got in the Slovenian areas annexed by Italy in 1918, where schools were closed down, teachers deported to faraway provinces, Slovenian newspapers prohibited, even in church or singing in "gostilna", Slovenian was prohibited. This was in one third of today's Slovenia. The main "cultural right" Slovenians did not have in Austro-Hungarian empire was university, and we got that in Yugoslavia.

[@withoutshadowww]

In Yugoslavia Slovenes got recognised as the nation and later got even the republic with a lot of autonomy... quite much a form of a privileged republic, actually. Incomparable to their position in the Austrohungarian Empire, which of course was still better than within Italy...

[@JordanDinRI]

Two of my favorite topics; geography and the coast of Hrvatska 🇭🇷 can’t wait to watch!

[@bingo737]

Kosovo is not a UN recognized state. Only a NATO base.

[@laonda5673]

Well said

[@JmKrokY]

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[@HeroManNick132]

Serbian is coping.

[@syhuhjk]

​​@@HeroManNick132Kosovo is a fake country created by the USA military complex to destroy EURO and save DOLLAR..

[@syhuhjk]

Agreed...

[@Wemzii0]

You made that promised Alaska video (podcast)!!!! You mentioned it in the Kentucky v tennessee video comments after I jokingly asked why Tennessee was so different from Alaska

[@bigbadwulf5785]

Economic unstability has never been a factor to birthrates, see example Africa or parts of the middle east etc.

[@jasonjayalap]

Africa could be having kids _because of_ economic unstability; Could be _despite_ economic unstability; Could be unrelated. How do you know which?

[@Bleilock1]

This is glueater comment

[@NullHand]

Birthrates fall when your young people LEAVE for a better life elsewhere. If they cannot leave, for poverty, linguistic, or "papers" reasons, AND they have no access to family planning... well... Then you get Nigeria.

[@fluidice1656]

It's more about the development and incentives related to it than about stability. Most countries in Africa are underdeveloped and their investment in human resources is very modest, which means that there is little incentive to send children onto highly specialized education paths that would require high financial investment. (A degree in contract law won't be as useful as in highly developed societies.) Countries of Eastern, Central Europe and the Balkans, may be poorer than their Western neighbors (although this is changing fast) but they still have relatively highly developed institutions, including education. This makes having children relatively more costly than in African countries. That's just one factor though. Other factors include social security for old folks, which is often non-existent in developing countries. This makes having many children who could take care of you once you can't work anymore much more important.

[@Kintabl]

Because they don't have birth controls and abortions. So, when people f**k, babies are born.

[@annonannon6712]

New hair looks great man!

[@David-yz3fy]

As a person from former Yugoslavia i can say that Slovenia is far better that other former republics of Yugoslavia.

[@JmKrokY]

Nah

[@JordanDinRI]

In football? Definitely not. Handball? No. Water polo? No chance.

[@Azax0]

@@JordanDinRIBicycling, Ski jumping, skiing, volleyball...

[@makavelimaka8035]

​@@JordanDinRI Who is talking about sports? Like sports is essential in life? Come on....

[@HUNVilly]

the way you pronounce Croats is disturbing. It's not Herzegovinia, but Herzegovina

[@bojan_zivaljevic_1989]

You should know that Priština is a town in Serbia, actually.

[@JordanDinRI]

Geoff, bože moj… its pronounced “CRO-ats”

[@spiritworldu]

lol i talked about this in my comment as well. pronunciation is all over the place

[@JordanDinRI]

@@spiritworldu 😂 yeah, Geoff needed some assistance with this video!

[@Luka_menorykee]

Yeah, but most of those names are relatively obscure to international audiences. But Croatia and Crots is so obvious that it makes you wonder if he did any research at all or just asked AI to make him a video

[@nummer3357]

@@Luka_menorykeeNo sovereign country is 'obscure' to anyone with a basic education. Knowing the countries of the world is like knowing every number or every letter in the alphabet that your language uses.

[@Luka_menorykee]

@@nummer3357 did you even watch the video? If you did, you'd know I'm not talking about countries.

[@erikalmqvist]

Due to low birthrates all Western countries have declining indigenous populations. However Western countries compensate by importing large numbers om migrants from the third world.

[@joshgh8844]

@erikalmqvist - LOL "compensate" - with massive illegal intrusion from the TW, EUrope compensate own demise, called - Kalergisation!

[@goranmiljus2664]

Slovenia was never really "Balkan", .... They were always more Industrious / Austrian / Western /Liberals.

[@JmKrokY]

Balkan is a geographical term used to describe basically everything east of the Italian peninsula and south of the Pannonian basin, it is not a cultural term.

[@crsx1861]

That’s false. Before Yugoslavia, Slovenia was always one of the poorest and most backward parts of Europe

[@JmKrokY]

@@crsx1861 When you become the most developed area of a country, it is easy to keep being the most wealthy by buying cheap resources and reselling refined versions of those same resources with huge profit margins.

[@goranmiljus2664]

Maybe Europe....but by Yugoslavian Gypsie standards....they were blue eyed blonde Germans.@@crsx1861

[@goranmiljus2664]

It is if you come from there.There is a "Balkan Mentality"....Unfortunately Balkan means FOREST in Turkish.That area was dominated by Turkey for hundreds of years........and that "Middle Eastern " mentality survives. Lebanon and Bosnia are VERY SIMILAR countries politically / Socially UNFORTUNATELY @@JmKrokY

[@therocketman4494]

i love it when every basic geography channel starts its history after ww1, slovenia spent almost its entire history as a part of diffrent central european empires and was already vastly more educated and richer from the balkan states.

[@antoninomassimovadala7431]

Slovenia's population is growing,however the birth-rate of actual Slovenes is also negative,there are about 86% pure Slovenes living in Slovenia

[@ro.stan.4115]

Relevant source? Last year 9,4% were foreigners. Add slovenian citizens that are not ethnic slovenians. The number of ethnic slovenians is probably around 80% or even less.

[@antoninomassimovadala7431]

I got the info from a geography book that I had about 3 years ago,so its probably outdated by now

[@andreaakrapovic7554]

You did very good quick summary of the Yugoslav Republics, 👏

[@Zigonce]

It is only increasing because people from down south move up to Slovenia. Also there are a lot of immigrants

[@Socika14]

I'll tell you exactly what Slovenia is doing. We're giving anyone who comes here free place to live and free allowance for them and each kid they bring with them. The Slovenian birthrate is shrinking faster than the other countries, but Albanian and Kosovan population is moving to Slovenia and exponentially increasing in size. Walking down the street in any major city in Slovenia you don't hear Slovenian language anymore. You can hear some Serbian, but mostly it's Albanian/Kosovarian.

[@JmKrokY]

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[@HeroManNick132]

In fact you are the only Slavic country who recognised the same sex marriage so I'm not surprised.

[@moden321]

Geoff: Talks about topography for 3 minutes. Also Geoff: Absolutely refuses to use a topographic map.

[@Fivegunner]

You started with incorrect info. Kosovo is not a country. Tara canyon is the deepest canyon in Europe and second deepest in the world, after Grand Canyon. One would expect that you would do better preparation for making this video. And you didn't get a single thing right about political situation there.

[@pripri632]

Go and check over there 🤣🤣🤣 Huuh, just don't forget your personal documents, if you want to visit the Independent State of Dardanian Kasua🇦🇱

[@HeroManNick132]

Russian is coping.

[@ahorn2407]

This is the most misguided thinking that Slovenia is a Balkan country because after the collapse of Austria-Hungary, Slovenia was assigned to Yugoslavia. Before that, it was part of the Holy Roman Empire for 1000 years, which other nations of former Yugoslavia were not. Slovenia is not a Balkan country either genetically or culturally. Slovenia has gone through all phases of Western European culture such as the Roman Empire, Gothic, Renaissance, Protestant Reformation, Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution and unfortunately also communism in the past century. It is a completely Alpine nation like Austrian or Bavarian, only it had this unfortunate Balkan occupation from 1918 to 1991. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKOyZZ1-fNCrfNU

[@nylixneylix8785]

I completely agree with this. Slovenia is and always was as western as Austria is.

[@sebastianSIo]

Ka se bunite kak govori, ded se je potrudu pa kvalitetn video o balkanu skup spravu, svaka čast majstor! Good video, dont mind people correncting you, even i could not give proper pronounciation of certain places(; great work and thank you!

[@gordonpi8674]

It’s not just the “shared geography “ that connects these countries. Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro speak the SAME language, which means the6 are same people divided culturally. The industry was once one whole for all of them and it’s still connected. The economy is connected too, and most of all, the sport and cultural events are common for all of them, just like in ex Yugoslavia.

[@JmKrokY]

No?

[@gordonpi8674]

@@JmKrokY no?

[@DrakesdenChannel]

The Croatian standard language should not be mistaken for the spoken language. Only about half the country speaks Shtokavian are a primary language day-to-day, except in official or legal use.

[@JmKrokY]

I really wonder why a highly developed nation with no wars is gaining population...

[@ronwinkles2601]

Slovenia fought fiercely in 1991 for its independence with every male from 16 to 70 years of age coming to its defense and in two weeks they defeated all invaders. No attack was ever launched against Slovenia after such a tremendous defense. For me who spend 30 years traveling and living in Europe, I think the most beautiful place in all of Europe is Lake Bled in Slovenia. It is an absolute fairy tale from its crystal clear alpine lake, to its 1000 year old castle perched high above the lake, to its ancient church on a small island in the lake to the background of the Triglava snow capped mountains in the background. It is no wonder the church hosts more weddings than any other place in Europe.

[@kj134]

Good observation! I also don’t like it when people downgrade the Slovenian war of independence. Today, almost every Slovenian men over 50 years old, participated in the war as either a soldier or a civilian. The national defense didn’t have enough equipment for everyone who volunteered. We can only thank God that the war was short and without many casualties. But family members of the fallen defenders feel no less sorrow than others with similar experience …

[@MisterJovke]

Slovenians are a gay nation. Ethnic Slovenians make up only 1.4m of Slovenia's population, and the remaining 700,000 inhabitants are immigrants. Mostly from Bosnia.

[@_petrovic179]

What!? ''...in 2 weeks defeated all invaders...!!! '' What invaders? J.N.A (Yugoslav People's Army) was not invader, and the soldiers were not given ANY ammunition! However, Slovenian bandits (yes, bandits, irregulars and so called Civil defense'') attacked non-armed soldiers, killing many! What a bravery! Not a bravery, but war crimes! Yet, supported by Germany who wanted Yugoslavia to break up, they succeeded and never pay back all the credits received and invested to Slovenia from former Yugoslav federation. What a way to become ''independent'' ! There was no real war in Slovenia. Soldiers of Yugoslav army were highly outnumbered, surrounded and many killed. War crimes of killing non-armed soldiers were never accepted. Instead, just transparent nazi propaganda of ''Yugoslav attack on small Slovenia''' - which is very hidden all these years. All around former Yugoslavia, Slovenians are considered to be cowards and pro-German traitors.

[@Azax0]

@@MisterJovke I guess other ex-yugo immigrants loves gays so they are coming to Slovenia to find some.

[@Sacto1654]

Well, Slovenia is also next to Italy and Austria. That really helps in terms of economic potential in that country.

[@xerooxpro199]

Other balkan nations are migrating to Slovenia in mass. And its getting bad.

[@JmKrokY]

But, migration is a good thing. I wish more people migrated to my home country of Croatia (too bad we are quite efficient when it comes to getting rid of large chunks of our population).

[@joshgh8844]

@@JmKrokY - It depends on what kind of people immigrate!

[@gartin2493]

@@JmKrokY please check whats goin on in Slovenia cuz of all the BAD immigrants coming here,girls dont wanna go outsite partying because they are afraid of immigrants

[@patentleatherkicks]

Dude I can't deal with how you pronounce "Croats." 😂

[@vivocanada]

Okay, pronunciation lesson: SloVEEEEEnia NOT SloVANEia Croh-at, not Crote rhyming with goat Bosnia and HerzogoVEEEnia DANyoub, NOT DenOOB. The first syllable is stressed.

[@ronwinkles2601]

You got it bud! I've been there three times, and it is my favorite country along with the Czech Republic.

[@JmKrokY]

Nothing wrong with that pronounciation of Slovenia.

[@vivocanada]

@@JmKrokY Nope. The English pronunciation of Slovenia is as I indicated. His brain is mixing it up with Slovakia.

[@kj134]

@@vivocanada His pronunciation is closer to Slovenian pronunciation of Slovenia😉. Both are completely fine as long as you don’t mistake us for Slovakia.

[@ninjakiwigames5418]

As a Slovenian, he pronounced it completely fine.

[@IsabelJones69]

I'm going to the Balkans in late July, early August and I am so happy to see that Slovenia is growing because even though I haven't been yet, it looks like a beautiful country.

[@68404]

Hire a bicycle and ride around Lake Bled. Watch out for flashers though.

[@timprex317]

Slovenia is the switzerland of the slavic world. Economically and nature wise.

[@crsx1861]

@@timprex317 It’s neither neutral nor a tax haven

[@timprex317]

@@crsx1861 i ment the highest salaries and the highest alps lol.

[@crsx1861]

@@timprex317 Bulgaria and Russia have higher mountains in fact

[@aleksandarpetkovic9796]

Kosovo is part of Serbia, it's not UN member state, it's only occupated teritorry.

[@lovellesokan9107]

All geopo...they shouldn't have broken up ..united we stand ,divided we fall..Live , and love thy neighbors as thyself.Brothers, do not allowed outsiders let you to fight amongst yourselves for their own interest. All that Balkan stuff, when were growing up just a waste of huma resources etc.. That is why !!!. You met this world as is ,and will leave it as it was..This place is a beautiful playground, not a battlefield homosapiens..!!!!! Cheyoooo

[@travismcnamara8919]

I love this comment - I couldn't agree more with the sentiment. Love is the meaning of life and I hope and pray that more wake up to this crucial reality!

[@Tony_417]

You sound batshit crazy. Your nonsensical rambling and run on sentences make me question your mental health

[@SeverityOne]

Yugoslavia was one of the countries that were created by treaty after a pan-European war. Other examples are Czechoslovakia and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (comprising present-day Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg). Neither of these still exists. Other that were created and still exist had a more or less homogenous ethnic composition. And when they didn't, some good old ethnic cleansing after WW2 took care of that.

[@SeverityOne]

You keep calling it Herzegovinia, even though you spell it correctly (Herzegovina). There are roughly 5000 Serbs living in Malta. That doesn't sound like much, but it's almost 1% of the total population. I've several Serbian (former) colleagues and friends. Although nowadays, they are not as prominent as they once were, also because of a large influx of Asians over the past 10 years. Many of these will never go back. In some cases, because there's nothing to go back to. Like one of them told me: 'Other people now live in my old house.' Really nice guy, too. I still find his remark difficult.

[@Vekikev1]

The history they share is only 100 years long and it's already ended (serbia for example, definitely isn't creating any new history with all the other countries). Also, for example Croatia has a longer and more united history and geography with Italy, Slovenia or Hungary than with Serbia or Macedonia. Balkan is only for turkified countries like Serbia(đojleni, ažduvani), definitely not for Slovenia or Croatia which have their identity rooted in defending themselves against the Turks, they would be Balkan if the Turks would conquered them and changed their genes. You are using the serbian propaganda definition of balkans and not the real one from the Austrians(ger. Balken - bar, block; alluding to the ottoman empire, they stolen part of Europe). Slovenians, Croats and Montenegrins have defended themselves from being turkified and aren't a part of stolen europe land like serbia is. Even the EU uses the term 'western balkans' exclusively for Serbia, Bosnia and herzegovina, Montenegro(which also aren't actually turkified, but here we are), Kosovo and Macedonia

[@xxtheuniversalmemexx1563]

¿What is Slovenia doing right? being as far away of the rest of the Balkans as possible.

[@joshgh8844]

@xxtheuniversalmemexx1563 - It didn't work, Balkan flooded Slovenia after "independence"… and now flood continues by those from TW

[@53cconadailee46]

The REST of the balkans? Just the balkans. Slovenia is not a part of the balkans.

[@AgentGold-AI]

00:00 🌍 Introduction to the Western Balkans 00:32 🎥 Geography by Jeff starts 01:03 🇺🇸 Side note on Alaska 01:22 💥 Historical overview of Yugoslavia 03:32 💔 Explanation of Yugoslavia's breakup 05:46 🗺 Physical geography of the Western Balkans 08:54 📉 Discussing population decline in the region 10:15 🌍 Slovenia's successful transition and economic stability 10:47 🇪🇺 Slovenia and Croatia's EU membership benefits 11:15 🤝 Slovenia's political stability and social cohesion 11:49 📊 Population trends in Western Balkans countries 12:25 🗺 Croatia's unique Adriatic coastline control 14:19 🍺 Invitation to join a trip to Ireland Key Moments by Agent Gold AI

[@itzopdii]

damn man i haven't checked in on the channel in a long while, and I'm happy to see you popped off, good stuff 👍

[@LibraDiCaprio]

still don’t know how to pronounce anything

[@RudeCorona]

Slovenia has access to Mediterranian sea. In fact, it has one of the biggest ports in Adriatic sea.

[@SrdanZitkovic]

Kosovo was never a republic of Yugoslavia .....and is not totally recognized even today... Original republic are 6 not 7....whiteout Kosovo

[@MarcHarder]

Some pronunciation tips: Slovenia - slo-vee-nee-a Herzegovina - herts-ay-go-vee-na Croat - cro-at Broz - broz Vojvodina - voy-vo-dee-na Danube - dan-yoob

[@matijamaksan4344]

He actually pronounce Slovenia how Slovene would. Of course its not correct in English.

[@ninjakiwigames5418]

As a Slovenian, I can confirm he pronounced Slovenia similar to how we say it, so it's fine.

[@bosniangamesms8957]

why does he keep naming the countries like 5 times

[@N4TE_94]

First of all, Slovenia was never part of the geographical Western Balkan. Our ancestors populated this area in 623 and joined the Samo kingdom and until the end of WWI, the nation never had any connections to the Balkan. Only politically do we share the recent 73 years of common history with the Balkan, until Yugoslavia finally fell apart. During WW2 partisans were not only communists I have no idea why everyone labels partisans automatically with communism. The communist ideology spread very late between partisans. TIGR was the first partisan organization and was full of patriots, nationalists, and antifascists. So stop mixing partisans and communists together.

[@crsx1861]

Keyword “recent”. We nowadays have little connections to Austria and Germany and even less to the Czech Republic

[@JmKrokY]

Pretty sure Slovenia shares a lot of history with Croatia considering how they have quite a big border with each other and have been part of the same kingdoms for a long time.

[@N4TE_94]

​@@crsx1861 We nowadays have almost no connection even to our own country. Because of years of neglect and shaming our people, history, and values let alone neighboring cultures. In any case, the "central European" culture and history still dominate our way of life compared to the Balkan one. Unless you are from the Balkans living in Slovenia and reject assimilation as it is sadly in their nature I don't see the point of deluding yourself away from the reality.

[@N4TE_94]

​@@JmKrokY We do share the most amount of history with Croatia compared to any other Balkan country but it is still not as much as you imagine. Saying "a lot" is an overreach.

[@janezjonsa3165]

@@N4TE_94 Us Slovenians are only one clan of nation of Southern slavs. Croats and us have little or no difference between ourselfs, not historical not religius. Now, if one looks at different accents and slangs of Slovenian, one finds bigger differences between say Koroški dialect to Slovenian, then dialect of Buzet and Slovenian. Same goes with Croatian Viški dialect with Zagorski. We are one nation and different clans.

[@adamlukic2333]

Kosovo is not a country.

[@kdexter2690]

Kosovo is independent nation

[@rob4iks]

its an independant country

[@jamesdean1143]

It’s a US colony with a huge army base.

[@mirokozuh2099]

War is poor excuse. Real reason is corrupt sistem.

[@BosnianBornBeast]

About time someone made a video of saying these countries have shrinking populations (other than Slovenia). I'm tired of nationalists on all sides saying their country is better but failed to look at the shrinking population due to young people moving out it...

[@amarillorose7810]

Slovenia actually has a demographic problem, so this video is not completely accurate, its demographics were filled by Serbs, Bosnians, Croats, Albanians who moved there, so the picture looks better, but the number of native Slovenians is decreasing even faster than in other former Yugoslav countries. Slovenia also has its own fare share of problems.

[@BosnianBornBeast]

@@amarillorose7810 they always had a small population compared to the others tbh and they always had a language problem as well because they are the only group that uses Slovenian as their language in this world while Bosnians, Serbians, Croatians and Montenegrins can for the most part understand each other.

[@BorisTomas]

Well, you didn't explain why Neum strip is a part of BiH. In short: Dubrovnik Republic gave up that strip to Otoman empire to physically separate itself from Venitians to preserve its independence.

[@MrUneTeube]

The kingdom is more a result of the Triple Entente winning the war in 1918 than a consequence of some kind of national pan-slav movement. France and England needed a buffer to counter the interests of Germany and Austria in central Europe. That's why the state that became Yugoslavia was coined. That is also why it imploded.

[@dtikvxcdgjbv7975]

No rise of nationalism in 1980. The rise of Serbian nationalism since approx 1985 made other republics and ethnicities to raise their voice. The expressing of Serbian nationalism was mildly treated in former Yugoslavia, while the mere scent of requiring true national rights expressed from Croat or Albanian side was severely and thoroughly persecuted.

[@dzonikg28]

Rise off Serbian nationalism was because off Serbs were silently force to move from Kosovo since 1981 by Albanians with killings, pressure, police in Kosovo was in Albanian hands so did nothing, in fact even they done it. Yugoslav govermant was pretending is blind and did not want to do anything

[@nolex1]

They are not Crots, capital mistake out there. Croats!!!! Croats- Croat- Croatia.. is that so hard to understand

[@mihaelpodnar7940]

Dude Yugoslavia doesn't exist for more than 30 years - why the hell to mention it in modern context - just leave it, nobody mentions the Soviet Union republics, or Austria-Hungary countries because its fucking ilogical. Croatia and Slovenia are part of the EU (western civilisation) and others not. Btw Slovenia and Croatia were never part of so called "Western Balkans"... and btw Slovenia's population is growing because of the Croatians, Serbs, Bosnians who settle there in search for better life and jobs... and you are talking about wars but you didn't mention not by single word that the main cause of the wars was Serbia's territorial expansion plans (reasons why Croatia fighted for independence), that is why you could mention by whom was Sarajevo sieged (by the Serbian army)... not to mention the genocide in Srebrenica, or Vukovar... be detailed damnit... btw I don't know why is always the issue why Croatia has its coastline - it has a teritory just like any other nation, and Dalmatia itself is the birthplace of Croatia... finally, population decrease is caused by corruption in those lands...

[@petemitchell9996]

Kosovo is Serbia. There is no former Yugoslav republic of Kosovo. It was a province. Why do people who make these videos about Balkans never actually do proper research? You're a channel about geography you should know the basics.

[@nikolinmarku4020]

Serbia has committed genocide twice and I repeat, twice! In Kosovo in 1999 and before that in Bosnia and Herzegovina!!! It hasn't been too long but it doesn't seem to matter. The Albanian people have suffered too much. Now enough I would say!!!

[@HeroManNick132]

Serbian chauvinist is coping.

[@nikoladrajic4888]

Kosovo is not former Yugoslavia country It never had that status

[@shreenilodedra5725]

I thought Slovenia is the richest Yugoslavian state , hence it's growth

[@ronwinkles2601]

Slovenia was Tito's mother's home. She influenced Tito to allow the small farmer's who earned 50 acres or less to retain their family farms. The rest of Yugoslavia was forced to collectivise their farms into state farms. This created a wealth disparity.

[@fluidice1656]

@@ronwinkles2601 The agriculture has been a very minor contributor to the economic growth in Slovenia - about 5%. Also, pretty much all of the development happened after the independence and especially after joining the EU. The disparity between it and all other ex-Yu nations is now much greater than during the Tito's regime. So your hypothesis is false.

[@dzonikg]

.In 1980 SLovenia had 198% off Yugoslav GDP ,Croatia 126% ,Serbia 101% ,Bosnia 66%,MOntenegro 77%,Macedonia 67%

[@JmKrokY]

@@fluidice1656 The past impacts the future.

[@fluidice1656]

@@JmKrokY I'm not suggesting that it doesn't. But you can't reduce the past to a single factor, such as agricultural advantages, especially where, as I pointed out, agriculture has not been playing a major role in the growth of the country.

[@JaPakaj]

Slovenia is not part of the Western Balkans, which is a geopolitical term for the current non-EU Balkan countries. As for Yugoslavia.. we have a very different history, up until 1918, than most of the ex-Yu area. Slovenia was for centuries inside what used to be "Inner Austria", which made it much more advanced compared to countries who had to fight or live under the Ottomans. It also lies between Trieste, a very important port for the Habsburgs, and Vienna the imperial capital. There are many other reasons as well, like for example not having a catastrophic war on our soil in the 90s. I don't think it is a fair comparison, and we mostly or chase Austria and Germany anyways. Yugoslavia was ok in the 60s and 70s, not great not terrible, and it is the reason why we are still grouped together in many topics today. Culturally and historically tho, we have more in common with Austria, northern Croatia and Friuli Venezia Giulia in Italy. With the Balkans, not so much, tho there is still some nostalgia among some people. Mostly older people who miss being young.

[@milansimonovic8267]

What the F u talking about, Kingdom of Serbia had 600km of rail while Slivenia had zero, then they begged Aleksandar to let them in then Tito plunderd Serbia and took all the factorise to Slovenia. Even today Serbs who work for Slovenians say that they are thifes, because they dont know any better.

[@JmKrokY]

​@@milansimonovic8267Do you have evidence to back your claims up?

[@milansimonovic8267]

@@JmKrokY ask the Slovenians they will tell you, or you should justgoogle it

[@valentintapata2268]

@@milansimonovic8267 Southern railroad - built between Vienna and Trieste in 1839-1857,... Only predecessor company of TAM in Maribor and one very small company in Kranj were transfered to Slovenia, others went mostly in Bosnia. Before the division of the Free Territory of Trieste (1947-1954), huge quantities of vehicles, boats, machinery and other things were taken and transfered mostly to Croatia - never to be returned neither to Italians or Slovenes (a few people did get some small change as "compensation"). And how much money did went from Slovenia to Beograd?

[@milansimonovic8267]

@@valentintapata2268 well ok there was 50km of rail. Built by Austrians. And the money that went to Beograd is called taxes every country has them. And all the upper eshalons in Belgrade were abolished Croats and Slovenians. But that is not even close what was stolen from Serbia.

[@zvonimirvidovic1714]

This video is tipical product of smartphone culture and 21st century. It has no facts in history whatsoever. Byzantine empire was never west of the river Drina, except some small parts on Apenine peninsula. Also, Austro-Hungarian empire was made in 19th century. It was Habsburg empire that influenced Croatia's culture and heritage. Also, Croatia was kingdom that included what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Boka Kotorska and all the coast to town of Bar (in what is today Montenegro), one hundred years before first kingdom of England.

@zvonimirvidovic1714 Maybe check some map of Byzantine empire in 1025 under Basil II. Before the rise of Venice, most of Dalmatia was under Byzantine empire, including Zadar, Split... even towns in Istra like Koper ... and half of Italy south of Rome. Koper was called Justinopolis in the 10th century under Byzantium rule.

[@tomazzaman]

As a Slovene, I love this overview, but man are you butchering all the names of,... pretty much everything.

[@montecarlo2606]

Kosovo, by definition, is a territory of Serbia. Kind of loose your credit when you can't even get a map right.

[@Duo_Clone]

Bro forgot the 10 day war.

[@whiteguardist]

Well the 100,000 surplus versus 2018 in Slovenija aren't native people, we should have been marked red as well.

[@EJavierPaniaguaLaconich]

FFS Bosnia- Herzegovina, not HerzegoviNIA. If you don't even know the name of the country to begin with...

[@simonrajh]

Its logical that English speaker cant say it properly... why are you beign hostile AF?

[@numbum9394]

In Slovenia we had independence war, it lasted 7 days. In 7 days we neutralised whole JLA army that was stationed in our country with the help of Croats on their side of border. Also Slovenian are very well known for guerilla fights from forests (partisans in WW2 defeated almost whole german regiment that was occupying our state back then).

[@IlusJarilo]

Another wrong fact : Slovenia was never part of the "Western Balkans Union". LOL.

[@engertejada6930]

Idea for next video: Why is Argentina so unpopulated?

[@darrynmilanmedjeri]

With all due respect, I’m sure this Video has some great points, but I couldn’t listen to the whole thing due to the mispronunciations of countries, people and nationalities… Sorry, it’s a massive trigger for those of us from the region 😂

[@AlexM-t6h]

Yugoslavia had 24 million people. Serbia and Montenegro had 10 million people. Then Kosovo and Montenegro left and Serbia now has less than 7 million.

[@Illumisepoolist]

Can you do North and South Korea?

[@SSimonMr]

Slovenija also has some Adriatic coastline (includes Koper port); about 27 miles

[@geeboom]

So the people of Croatia are called Krotes? And the letter "I" was added to Bosnia Herzegovina. Herzegovinia. Danube becomes Duh-nyube... Americans should shy away from pronouncing the names of foreign people and nations.

[@JmKrokY]

But, those are literally the English words for those places and people which people from the US speak...

[@alijumc]

The real reason for Slovenia growing is everyone from other Yugoslavian republic are coming to work in Slovenia. Good working people.

[@flux928]

Slovenia attracts outside investments because it's political system isn't corrupt. No corporation wants to payoff the mafia and greedy politicians.

[@JmKrokY]

No country is truly not corrupt to some extent, US is also pretty corrupt yet they are one of the largest economies on Earth.

[@flux928]

@@JmKrokY FBI weeds out corrupt politicians, who try to embezzle or get kickbacks for contracts. You can start a business in America by getting a tax ID and occupational license. No payoffs or protection money to get these things which makes job creation flourish.

[@redhidinghood9337]

​@@JmKrokYthe US is corrupt in the sense that companies influence the state. Post-socialist countries are corrupt in the sense that the state is corrupt and influences/meddles with companies.

[@valentintapata2268]

@@flux928 A LOT of lobbying that is perfectly legal in USA would be regarded as bribery and highly corrupt practises in most of the world. At least in moderatly and higly developed parts.

[@flux928]

@@valentintapata2268 2 term limits like the president would fix a lot of issues. But that vote will have to come from the people for it to ever happen. It will never pass voluntarily.