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Countries Formerly in Yugoslavia

There are 7 countries that used to be part of Yugoslavia. How many can you name?
One country has limited recognition
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Last updated: February 16, 2019
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First submittedDecember 5, 2012
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Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Kosovo
Montenegro
Country
North Macedonia
Serbia
Slovenia
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Level 77
Dec 6, 2015
For the record. Kosovo never was state of Yugoslavia. It was autonomus region in Socialistic Republic of Serbia.
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Level 81
Dec 22, 2015
yes, but that's not the question - the instructions say "name the modern day countries which used to be part of Yugoslavia" - Kosovo clearly used to be part of Yugoslavia
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Level 60
Feb 7, 2016
It's recognised by a majority of UN states and all the former Yugos except (unsurprisingly) Serbia. It's as much a separate state as Taiwan at this point.
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Level 65
Feb 7, 2016
Countries began recognizing Kosovo in 2008! Over half of the countries of the world recognize Kosovo - see here.
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Level 77
Feb 7, 2016
Conflicts in Yugoslavia were very bloody. Please just do not comment anything.
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Level 75
Feb 7, 2016
Yeah, don't talk about it. That will make it better.
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Level 68
Feb 8, 2016
1. Title of quiz is Yugoslavian States Today. Regardless of the directions, the quiz title implies that we are searching for the former Yugoslavian states as they are called today. Kosovo should not be counted by this understanding. 2. @KoljiVriVoda You enjoy censorship because someone may get offended? This line of thinking is unhelpful. In a free society every idea has the right to be discussed regardless of how painful or how many bigoted remarks follow. Stupid people exist everywhere and the internet gives them a voice, censorship won't stop it.
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Level 62
Mar 15, 2016
That's not at all what it implies. "State" is another word for "country". The modern countries that used to make up Yugoslavia could accurately be called "former Yugoslavian states". That does not mean they used to be states (in the American sense).
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Level 68
Aug 30, 2016
Kosovo is considered a sovereign country in pretty much every jetpunk quiz... I have yet to see one that does not include it. The USA and several other countries do not recognize Taiwan, but for some reason people on this site never argue about that and I don't know why
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Level 19
Dec 18, 2023
I have seen many arguments about Taiwan's independence on Jetpunk- Regardless, even if creators on this site recognise Kosovo as independent from Serbia, this absurdity was never even THOUGHT about during the golden times of Yugo. Therefore, it's appearance in this quiz is questionable and to many unnecessary.
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Level 58
Apr 11, 2017
jovanmajstor Not surprising you end up being the one to question Kosovo's status as a country.
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Level 50
Mar 25, 2020
Jetpunk recognize all UN recognized countries, Taiwan and Kosovo
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Level 62
May 6, 2020
@LongHistory3 By that logic 99% of people in the Americas should go back to Europe, Africa and Asia; Arabs should leave North Africa, Russians should leave Siberia, the English should leave the British Isles and ... Serbs should leave Serbia as it was once habited by other peoples.
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Level 28
Jul 16, 2021
Kosovo is Serbia
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Level 37
Aug 18, 2022
No
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Level 77
Feb 7, 2016
It will not. Some of us saw that hell with our own eyes and I know how those empty words what is something or what is not can bring terror. It is just painfull.
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Level 62
Feb 19, 2019
Painful or not, it's facts.

And here on Jetpunk, we deal with facts.

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Level 75
Jul 1, 2023
No, it's clearly not just "facts." If it's about international recognition, Palestine would qualify as a "country" on this site. If it's about de facto independence, Somaliland would qualify. There are clearly political decisions being made.
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Level 57
Aug 18, 2022
I spoke to an older lady (maybe in her 60s or 70s) on an airplane. She still considered herself "Yugoslavian," and she talked about how much better things had been under Tito. There was a lot of sadness and pain when talking about how everything fell apart, and all of the violence and hatred. She talked about how her family had fled (eventually to Canada). I've also spoken to Canadian veterans who served as peacekeepers in Kosovo, and they all painted a bleak picture. Not having been there myself, and being too young to remember much about it, of course I have no idea what it was really like, but it's always tragic when people fracture apart as enemies, instead of staying together as countrymen.
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Level 35
Apr 21, 2016
@ Corrode

Bosnia doesn't recognize Kosovo

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Level 82
Aug 5, 2020
Well, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina would without Republika Srpska's veto.
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Level 65
Jan 19, 2016
Is there a chance that you could order these according to alphabetical order, it would make working out what I missed out a bit easier. Apart from that a great quiz, thanks
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Level 69
Feb 7, 2016
Not a fan, it introduces a meta element
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Level 35
Feb 7, 2016
thanks for the 5 points
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Level 74
Feb 8, 2016
Took me 10 seconds :)
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Level 29
Aug 14, 2022
it took me 9
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Level 69
Feb 9, 2016
Ekhem, Kosovo is not a country, it's a part of Serbia. If you count Kosovo as country, you have to accept Lakotah, Transnistria, Southern Ossetia and Abkhazia as countries too.
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Level 35
Apr 21, 2016
Unfortunately, half the world recognize Kosovo. the others you mentioned have VERY limited recognition.
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Level 74
Feb 19, 2019
How about Palestine :)
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Level 38
Apr 25, 2020
Jetpunk is an american website so it was to at least support the USA's policies, even vaguely. So i think that's why it doesn't accept Palestine
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Level 58
Jan 29, 2021
Then why would Taiwan be accepted? The US has swapped it's recognition to the PRC since 1979.
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Level 49
Feb 4, 2022
they may not officially recognize it but they literally vow to protect it in the event of a Chinese invasion. Also I'm pretty sure jetpunk goes off border control, so taiwan and kosovo are recognized, but other "countries" like western sahara or the countries the first guy listed aren't recognized. Also the average American that knows about the taiwan-china situation would most likely say taiwan is independent, some going as far as to (wrongfully) say it is the real china.
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Level 32
May 10, 2017
Take Abkhazia. Abkhazia is only recognized by 4 countries
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Level 82
Feb 22, 2019
Though they don't want to admit it publicly, it seems like the Serbians have tacitly admitted Kosovo is an independent country. For example, when I tried to drive from Moldova to Transnistria, there was no Moldovan customs checkpoint or border at all. There was a Transnistrian checkpoint, but not a Moldovan one. Moldova treats Transnistria as if it is still part of Moldova.

On the other hand, when I tried to drive from Serbia to Kosovo, I was stopped by Serbian customs, they acted as if I was leaving the country, and without any legal grounds for doing so they stole my car.

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Level 70
Aug 18, 2022
Based Serbs lol
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Level 49
Feb 4, 2022
the ones you listed have less recognition and border control than kosovo.
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Level 35
Feb 9, 2016
I am italian and I have scored 7 on 7, with 43 seconds as remaining time.
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Level 41
Jun 16, 2016
Instructions: "Guess the modern day countries that were formerly part of Yugoslavia. "

Republic of Kosovo was never part of Yugoslavia, Kosovo was an autonomous region in Serbia, as it was 'till 2008, and as it almost is today.

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Level 82
Dec 25, 2018
If it was in Serbia it was in Yugoslavia. Today it is an independent country.
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Level 77
Dec 25, 2018
Not really.
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Level 82
Dec 26, 2018
Really.
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Level 61
Feb 19, 2019
If Serbia was in Yugoslavia and Kosovo was a part of Serbia, then it would be extremely bizarre if Kosovo wasn't also a part of Yugoslavia. It's like saying Phoenix is a part of Arizona but not a part of the USA.
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Level 79
Mar 25, 2020
The word 'till' is not an abbreviation, and is in fact the earlier form of 'until', so an apostrophe is not need before the word, as in 'till.
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Level 70
Aug 18, 2022
🤫 look at the comment not the grammar
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Level 26
Jun 29, 2016
It'll be good if you could add a map
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Level 61
Feb 19, 2019
Wouldn't that make it a bit easy?
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Level 32
Aug 5, 2016
Done it in 15 seconds because im from Croatia and I know my neighbour countries 😋☺️
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Level 83
Feb 19, 2019
Thanks for accepting Macedonia. I had no idea it is now North Macedonia.
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Level 57
Aug 18, 2022
Yeah, I was surprised to see that awhile back too on the countries of the world quiz. I hadn't heard of the name change until then.
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Level 63
Feb 19, 2019
Good job, im happy to see you've recognize Kosovo and F.Y.R.O.M's new name, North Macedonia

You've earned a new sub :D

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Level 63
Feb 19, 2019
Got them all with 0:31 remaining at 6:17:46 PM on February 19, 2019. North Macedonia was the last country I remembered and typed in. A quick, satisfyingly simple quiz for those who know which countries are in the Balkans.
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Level 74
Feb 19, 2019
Happy to see that after 4 years, people aren't whining about Kosovo anymore.
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Level 54
Feb 21, 2019
This is a controversial topic, and if you want to add Kosovo, you should at least put * next to it. Yes, a lot of western countries recongize it, but Kosovo is DE JURE not a sovereign country.
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Level 82
Feb 22, 2019
That's debatable. What's not debatable is that it is de facto a sovereign country, and JetPunk favors de facto over de jure.
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Level 68
Feb 18, 2021
In what way is it "DE IURE" not an independent country? I'm genuinely curious. It has a functioning government, international borders that it enforces, it has recognition by many of its neighbours and most of the world's countries and institutions. I get that some people don't want Kosovo to be an independent country, but that's a very different thing from saying that it isn't right now.
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Level 43
Nov 29, 2021
Well, all of the things you mentioned are the reasons it is "de facto" a country, as it has what it needs to have for a sovereign country. But, to be a "de jure" independent country, it has to be recognized by the UN. Kosovo's status is pretty much the same as Taiwan. Both function as independent countries, just lack of recognition.
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Level 65
Aug 20, 2019
*sensitive balkanians saying debatable things incoming*
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Level 75
Jan 28, 2021
Incoming? It already happened!
+1
Level 33
Apr 5, 2020
What about Slovakia
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Level 79
Apr 25, 2020
Was part of Czechoslovakia until 1993.
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Level 18
Aug 15, 2020
Most random question ever ez
+2
Level 77
Jan 28, 2021
What about Bahrain?
+7
Level 49
Feb 4, 2022
what about the droid attack on the wookies
+1
Level 50
Aug 9, 2022
Not accurate. 6 countries not 7
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Level 46
Jan 17, 2024
By JetPunk standards, there are 7 due to JetPunk's recognition of Kosovo. There is also a caveat stating that one has limited recognition.
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Level 49
Aug 18, 2022
Why do you always shorten our name to Bosnia here on Jetpunk, are people that lazy to write full name of our country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Level 82
Aug 18, 2022
indeed they are that lazy
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Level 37
Aug 18, 2022
What about Papua new guinea?
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Level 49
Aug 18, 2022
Lazy generation for sure
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Level 82
Aug 19, 2022
Mees: you can get away with typing "PNG"
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Level 57
Aug 18, 2022
What about the "People's Republic of China," what about the "United States of Mexico," etc...? ;)
+1
Level 62
Aug 18, 2022
Easy 5 points, thanks.
+2
Level 49
Aug 18, 2022
Tbh surprised that Kosovo has a higher percentage guessed rate than North Macedonia.
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Level 55
Jan 17, 2023
There should be one country here. Albania. All countries formerly in Yugoslavia rightfully belong to Albania. Albania forever.
+2
Level 47
Jul 29, 2023
you should do a former countries of Czechoslovakia quiz
+1
Level 26
Aug 2, 2023
Slovenia is missing
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Level 60
Aug 14, 2023
No it isn't.