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Map of the Balkan Federation
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The Balkan Federation is a country in Southeastern Europe, located on the Balkan Peninsula. Its capital is Sarajevo, while the largest city is Belgrade. It is bordered by Italy to the northeast, Austria and Hungary to the north, Romania and Bulgaria to the east, and Macedonia and Greece to the south. Much of the country is mountainous or hilly, although there are some flat regions both inland and on the coast.
The Balkan Federation's history begins in 1918, when the treaties of Créteil and Orly after the Great Imperial allowed Serbia to annex the former Austrian provinces of Bosnia, Dalmatia and Croatia-Slavonia. In the interwar period, Serbia's militaristic government annexed both Montenegro and Albania and established the Empire of Yugoslavia, aiming to create a unified South Slavic state. The fierce repression under this regime ultimately resulted in the Autumn Uprisings of 1990, which eventually became a widespread insurgency across the Empire, with separatist groups clamouring for independence. In 1994, all opposition forces were united into the Balkan Federation, which promised greater independence, an end to national repression and greater self-determination.
Following the 1997 Serbian National Awakening, most nations recognised the Balkan Federation as Yugoslavia’s successor, although it still held out in eastern and western Bosnia and Dalmatia, resulting in the Bihać and Srebrenica Massacres of ethnic Bosniaks. Today, Yugoslavia holds out only in coastal regions and the Vrbas canton of western Bosnia.
The country is divided into 12 cantons, most with a predominant ethnic group (but with no discrimination permitted in favour of one group), although it only fully administers nine. Each canton elects a local government and members of the Federation’s legislature, the State Assembly. The executive, the State Council, is elected with equal representation afforded to the Federation’s six recognised constituent peoples: Albanians, Montenegrins, Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks and Magyars.
Despite the ongoing conflict, the Balkan Federation is increasingly popular with tourists, which augments its otherwise partially industrial and partially agricultural economy, one of the fastest growing in Europe. It is the newest member of the Union of Nations, having achieved admission in 2007.
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The Balkan Federation is a country in Southeastern Europe, located on the Balkan Peninsula. Its capital is Sarajevo, while the largest city is Belgrade. It is bordered by Italy to the northeast, Austria and Hungary to the north, Romania and Bulgaria to the east, and Macedonia and Greece to the south. Much of the country is mountainous or hilly, although there are some flat regions both inland and on the coast.
The Balkan Federation's history begins in 1918, when the treaties of Créteil and Orly after the Great Imperial allowed Serbia to annex the former Austrian provinces of Bosnia, Dalmatia and Croatia-Slavonia. In the interwar period, Serbia's militaristic government annexed both Montenegro and Albania and established the Empire of Yugoslavia, aiming to create a unified South Slavic state. The fierce repression under this regime ultimately resulted in the Autumn Uprisings of 1990, which eventually became a widespread insurgency across the Empire, with separatist groups clamouring for independence. In 1994, all opposition forces were united into the Balkan Federation, which promised greater independence, an end to national repression and greater self-determination.
Following the 1997 Serbian National Awakening, most nations recognised the Balkan Federation as Yugoslavia’s successor, although it still held out in eastern and western Bosnia and Dalmatia, resulting in the Bihać and Srebrenica Massacres of ethnic Bosniaks. Today, Yugoslavia holds out only in coastal regions and the Vrbas canton of western Bosnia.
The country is divided into 12 cantons, most with a predominant ethnic group (but with no discrimination permitted in favour of one group), although it only fully administers nine. Each canton elects a local government and members of the Federation’s legislature, the State Assembly. The executive, the State Council, is elected with equal representation afforded to the Federation’s six recognised constituent peoples: Albanians, Montenegrins, Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks and Magyars.
Despite the ongoing conflict, the Balkan Federation is increasingly popular with tourists, which augments its otherwise partially industrial and partially agricultural economy, one of the fastest growing in Europe. It is the newest member of the Union of Nations, having achieved admission in 2007.
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