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In OTL, the muslims of Bosnia (according to Austrian census) comprised only about 32.25% of the entire population of the territory in 1910, surprising since in modern it has increased to 51%. However, the challenge presented to you is, have Bosnia, with no POD earlier than 1848 become a majority...

The Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia was a small unrecognized proto-state that existed in the northwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1993 and 1995. It consisted mainly of the town of Velika Kladuša, its capital, as well as a few nearby villages and fields. It was proclaimed as a result...

From the first half of the 2000s - the end of the ten years of the 21st century, the former Republic of Macedonia, which in a natural historical development after the Balkan Wars and even after the Two World Wars would have been the South-Western part of my native Bulgaria, and after the Second...

Let's say that during the war, the Western part of Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia) was liberated by the Western Allies and non-Communist partisans, while the Eastern part (Serbia, Montenegro, etc.) was liberated by Tito's partisans and the Soviets. Both sides set up their own...

Even today, Bosnia stands out for having a Muslim European population. While Albania also has a Muslim population, it is not Slavic, making Bosnia more unique IMO. Of course, other Balkan nations had (and still have) significant Muslim minorities (e.g., Bulgaria, Greece), but most were either...

Please bear in mind that realism wasn't a goal when creating this timeline. It is imagined as part of different universe which, while being historically similar to our own, has some significant deviations (especially noticable in both world wars). Criticism, suggestions and comments are...

Hello there! It's been a while since I last made a Hungary demography thread; that is getting rectified now. This one's a bit different from the others however. This time, I'm trying construct a list of largest cities for Hungary in a scenario inwhich the country doesn't suffer its OTL fate of...

Even before the sack of Constantinople in 1204, the Fourth Crusade already wrecked havoc at Zara in 1202. Upon Venetian request, the Crusaders attacked and besieged Zara, which was a notable trade rival of Venice in the Adriatic. IOTL the city was caught offguard by the sudden arrival and...

After WWII and after Tito and his party take power in Yugoslavia, let’s say he decides to split up Bosnia and Herzegovina between Croatia and Serbia with much of the Muslims going into the Serbian part of it. He does this as a way to placate both the Serbs and Croats since he fears that a...

As known, the population of Austria-Hungary was made up of 11 major ethnic identities.. When the war ended, A-H broke up as it was instead of forming a new federation of Austria Hungary with an exclave in Romania Slovakia + Czechia Bosnia Croatia + Slovenia with land ceded to Italy...

Yugoslavia was complicated. Started from as an idea from Southern Slavic nationalists, and created after WWI, into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. However, due to religious and ethnic differences, in the country, tensions began to bubble. After a brief unity under President Tito, tensions continue to...

With the events of states in Eastern Europe gaining independence in the early 90s (Slovakia, Ukraine, Georgia) some of the major football tournaments at the time had representative teams made up of players from various independent states such as Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS: Russia...

What if the Yugoslav movement had failed to include Slovenia in the negotiations that led to the creation of the Yugoslav state after WWI? This means that Yugoslavia would be confined to the Serbo-Croatian speaking areas plus Vardar Macedonia. What would be the effect of this on regional...

After WWI and Serbian troops taking Croatia and Slovenia, both Peter I and Alexander I are accepting idea of smaller territorial gains proposed by Prime Minister Nikola Pašić . Serbs annex whole Bosnia, parts of Slavonia inhabited with Serbs and greater part f Dalmatia. Serbs also gave...

The Lorković–Vokić plot was coup prepared by members of the government and military of the Independent State of Croatia, aimed at assisting a western allied landing in Dalmatia. In mid 1944 the plot was uncovered and the head conspirators were assassinated. Of note there was also a segment of...

What if Ante Pavelic and his clique of Croatian ultranationalists had not managed to gain the favor of Benito Mussolini to create an independent Axis entity comprising Croatia, Bosnia, parts of Dalmatia and Sirmium in the aftermath of Yugoslavia's breakup in 1941? Basically, resulting in other...

A question to this board’s balkanophiles... what exactly is the difference between Slovenes and Croats as distinct peoples? They seem to have similar ethno-cultural characteristics to me, when put in comparison. How and why exactly did Slovenia develop a particular identity as a South Slavic...

Note that I am not a rabid Serbian nationalist, I just want to hear your opinions on what would happen. Also, don't turn this into a Serbia vs Croatia flamewar.

With no point of divergence before the Yugoslav Wars began in 1991, was there any realistic way for Serbia (whether under that name or Yugoslavia) to establish at least de facto control of the territories claimed under the Greater Serbia concept and hold them into the present? Follow the link...

Brief Synopsis: The long reign of Stjepan I Držislav was a fruitful one for the Kingdom of Croatia, but the issue of succession had become an ominous threat for his realm, as there were three brothers vying for their chance to shine and continue their father's legacy. Svetoslav, the eldest...