Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, and Serbia. The capital and largest city is Skopje, home to a quarter of its over 1.83 million residents. The majority are ethnic Macedonians, with Albanians forming a significant minority. The region's history includes rule by the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the Kingdom of Macedonia, the Roman Republic, and the Byzantine Empire. It was part of the Ottoman Empire from the mid-14th to the early 20th century, then under Serbian and Bulgarian rule at various times. It became a constituent state of communist Yugoslavia in 1945 and peacefully seceded in 1991, joining the United Nations in 1993.