History UsefulNotes / Serbia

** President of the National Assembly: Ivica Dačić

* '''Area:''' 88,361 km
(34,116 sq mi) (111th) (including Kosovo) or 77,474 km
(29,913 sq mi) (excluding Kosovo)

* Creator/EmirKusturica - filmmaker, actor and producer.

* Creator/EmirKusturica - Famous filmmaker.

* Creator/RadeSerbedZija - actor.

* Rade Šerbedžija - actor.

* Emir Kusturica - Famous filmmaker.

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Sports are another cornerstone of Serbian culture. Easily the most popular sport is UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball, but the national team has had little success since TheNineties, which caused many fans to become sour. Still, the fan scene is thriving, and Serbian FootballHooligans are infamous around the world for their sheer brutality. However, where the country lacks in football, it more than makes up in basketball, volleyball and waterpolo, the "holy trinity" of Serbian team sports. Especially in the cities basketball goes neck-to-neck with football for being the most popular sport, as the country has had a fair share of great players and the trophies to back it up, both in the 5v5 and the 3v3 variants of the sport. The girls aren't half-bad either, with them being Europe's #1 several times. Volleyball is the most popular female sport, even though the men's section is no slouch either - the Serbs are among the tallest people on the world and that practically ''translates'' to world-championship winner qualities in the sport. Waterpolo is absolutely '''dominated''' by the Serbian male team, with only neighbours Croatia, Montenegro and Hungary being able to give them a run for their money. Indeed the FINA World Waterpolo Cup might be considered one of the most predictable in any sport - there are astronomically small chances of one of the four countries mentioned not winning. Individual sports are nowhere as popular thanks to the heavily collectivist nature of Serbs as a whole, though tennis has made a huge rise in popularity during the 2010s thanks to one Novak Đoković, who's become the all-time GOAT of the whole sport.

Sports are another cornerstone of Serbian culture. Easily the most popular sport is UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball, but the national team has had little success since the 1990s, which caused many to become sour. Still, the fan scene is thriving, and Serbian FootballHooligans are infamous around the world for their sheer brutality. However, where the country lacks in football, it more than makes up in basketball, volleyball and waterpolo, the "holy trinity" of Serbian team sports. Especially in the cities basketball goes neck-to-neck with football for being the most popular sport, as the country has had a fair share of great players and the trophies to back it up, both in the 5v5 and the 3v3 variants of the sport. The girls aren't half-bad either, with them being Europe's #1 several times. Volleyball is the most popular female sport, even though the men's section is no slouch either - the Serbs are among the tallest people on the world and that practically ''translates'' to world-championship winner qualities in the sport. Waterpolo is absolutely '''dominated''' by the Serbian male team, with only neighbours Croatia, Montenegro and Hungary being able to give them a run for their money. Indeed the FINA World Waterpolo Cup might be considered one of the most predictable in any sport - there are astronomically small chances of one of the four countries mentioned not winning. Individual sports are nowhere as popular thanks to the heavily collectivist nature of Serbs as a whole, though tennis has made a huge rise in popularity during the 2010s thanks to one Novak Đoković, who's become the all-time GOAT of the whole sport.

Sports are another cornerstone of Serbian culture. Easily the most popular sport is football (the association one, the American version is appropriately enough called "Američki fudbal" - American football - to differentiate), but the national team has had little success since the 1990s, which caused many to become sour. Still, the fan scene is thriving, and Serbian FootballHooligans are infamous around the world for their sheer brutality. However, where the country lacks in football, it more than makes up in basketball, volleyball and waterpolo, the "holy trinity" of Serbian team sports. Especially in the cities basketball goes neck-to-neck with football for being the most popular sport, as the country has had a fair share of great players and the trophies to back it up, both in the 5v5 and the 3v3 variants of the sport. The girls aren't half-bad either, with them being Europe's #1 several times. Volleyball is the most popular female sport, even though the men's section is no slouch either - the Serbs are among the tallest people on the world and that practically ''translates'' to world-championship winner qualities in the sport. Waterpolo is absolutely '''dominated''' by the Serbian male team, with only neighbours Croatia, Montenegro and Hungary being able to give them a run for their money. Indeed the FINA World Waterpolo Cup might be considered one of the most predictable in any sport - there are astronomically small chances of one of the four countries mentioned not winning. Individual sports are nowhere as popular thanks to the heavily collectivist nature of Serbs as a whole, though tennis has made a huge rise in popularity during the 2010s thanks to one Novak Đoković, who's become the all-time GOAT of the whole sport.

Serbian pop-culture is vast and expansive for a small nation, with Serbia having a very-well developed scene for film, television, and music production. The most popular form of music is currently '''rap-folk''' and '''trap-folk''' in the younger population (a unique mixture of rap/trap and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo-folk turbo-folk music]] that gives it a distinctive Oriental sound), with the older [[TheEighties 80s]] Yugoslav scene of NewWaveMusicnew-wave and SynthPop scene maintaining a sizeable following, but chiefly in the middle-aged population. The older [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partisan_film partisan-film]] focused film scene shifted towards a variety of chiefly comedic (and occasionaly dramatic) productions mostly capped by a relatively paltry budget that's mostly granted by the state itself to moviemakers. The TV shows are no different, opting for brevity (12-13 episodes per season ''at most'', with seasons sometimes spaced out a few years inbetween) to conserve as much money as possible and still produce watchable content. Still, the producers give it their all to make them as memorable as possible, and so it's hard to find a Serb who hasn't watched a complete ''serija'' (shortening of ''serijski film'' which in itself is a holdover from the pre-WWII movie serial days since those were called the same) at least once in their lifetime.

Serbian pop-culture is vast and expansive for a small nation, with Serbia having a very-well developed scene for film, television, and music production. The most popular form of music is currently '''rap-folk''' and '''trap-folk''' in the younger population (a unique mixture of rap/trap and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo-folk turbo-folk music]] that gives it a distinctive Oriental sound), with the older [[TheEighties 80s]] Yugoslav new-wave/synthpop scene maintaining a sizeable following chiefly in the middle-aged population. The older [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partisan_film partisan-film]] focused film scene shifted towards a variety of chiefly comedic (and occasionaly dramatic) productions mostly capped by a relatively paltry budget that's mostly granted by the state itself to moviemakers. The TV shows are no different, opting for brevity (12-13 episodes per season ''at most'', with seasons sometimes spaced out a few years inbetween) to conserve as much money as possible and still produce watchable content. Still, the producers give it their all to make them as memorable as possible, and so it's hard to find a Serb who hasn't watched a complete ''serija'' (shortening of ''serijski film'' which in itself is a holdover from the pre-WWII movie serial days since those were called the same) at least once in their lifetime.

Serbian pop-culture is vast and expansive for a small nation, with Serbia having a very-well developed scene for film, television, and music production. The most popular form of music is currently '''rap-folk''' and '''trap-folk''' in the younger population (a unique mixture of rap/trap and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo-folk turbo-folk music]] that gives it a distinctive Oriental sound), with the older 80s Yugoslav new-wave/synthpop scene maintaining a sizeable following chiefly in the middle-aged population. The older [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partisan_film partisan-film]] focused film scene shifted towards a variety of chiefly comedic (and occasionaly dramatic) productions mostly capped by a relatively paltry budget that's mostly granted by the state itself to moviemakers. The TV shows are no different, opting for brevity (12-13 episodes per season ''at most'', with seasons sometimes spaced out a few years inbetween) to conserve as much money as possible and still produce watchable content. Still, the producers give it their all to make them as memorable as possible, and so it's hard to find a Serb who hasn't watched a complete ''serija'' (shortening of ''serijski film'' which in itself is a holdover from the pre-WWII movie serial days since those were called the same) at least once in their lifetime.

The state was reorganized again in 2003, creating an extremely loose union between Serbia and Montenegro creatively named Serbia and Montenegro. In 2006, Montenegro held a referendum supported by the West and narrowly voted to leave (passing the required 55% margin by just 2,300 votes), rendering Serbia an independent nation again after nearly 90 years. UsefulNotes/{{Kosovo}} declared independence a second time in 2008 (the first time being 1990 which was recognized only by UsefulNotes/{{Albania}}), which was not resisted like before, but has not been recognized by a majority of the world's nations (only over 85 so far).

Serbian pop-culture is vast and expansive for a small nation, having a very-well developed film-, television- and music production scene. The most popular form of music is currently '''rap-folk''' and '''trap-folk''' in the younger population (a unique mixture of rap/trap and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo-folk turbo-folk music]] that gives it a distinctive Oriental sound), with the older 80s Yugoslav new-wave/synthpop scene maintaining a sizeable following chiefly in the middle-aged population. The older [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partisan_film partisan-film]] focused film scene shifted towards a variety of chiefly comedic (and occasionaly dramatic) productions mostly capped by a relatively paltry budget that's mostly granted by the state itself to moviemakers. The TV shows are no different, opting for brevity (12-13 episodes per season ''at most'', with seasons sometimes spaced out a few years inbetween) to conserve as much money as possible and still produce watchable content. Still, the producers give it their all to make them as memorable as possible, and so it's hard to find a Serb who hasn't watched a complete ''serija'' (shortening of ''serijski film'' which in itself is a holdover from the pre-WWII movie serial days since those were called the same) at least once in their lifetime.

The two remaining republics (Serbia and Montenegro) formed a new state, which was also called Yugoslavia. When violence between local Yugoslav law enforcement and Albanian separatist militias and terrorists in Serbia's troubled province of Kosovo escalated in 1998 into an all-out war, {{UsefulNotes/NATO}} intervened on March 1999 for the second time (the first being NATO's assistance to Bosnia and Croatia in the Bosnian War) on behalf of the Albanians ending the war after a 78-day-long bombing campaign of both Serbia and Montenegro. Yugoslavia subsequently lost control of Kosovo, which was still considered to be a Serbian province but was under UN administration.

The two remaining republics (Serbia and Montenegro) formed a new state, which was also called Yugoslavia. When violence between local Yugoslav law enforcement and Albanian separatist militias and terrorists in Serbia's troubled province of Kosovo escalated in 1998 into an all-out war, NATO intervened on March 1999 for the second time (the first being NATO's assistance to Bosnia and Croatia in the Bosnian War) on behalf of the Albanians ending the war after a 78-day-long bombing campaign of both Serbia and Montenegro. Yugoslavia subsequently lost control of Kosovo, which was still considered to be a Serbian province but was under UN administration.

After the war, Serbia was merged with UsefulNotes/{{Montenegro}} and a collection of former Austrian possessions to create UsefulNotes/{{Yugoslavia}}. During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Yugoslavia, surrounded by hostile neighbours and boiling with internal tensions, started aligning itself with the Axis; however, in 1941, immediately after the government has signed a pact officially joining Yugoslavia with the Axis powers which would include allowing UsefulNotes/NaziGermany to freely pass through Serbia and attack {{UsefulNotes/Greece}}, the military officials organized a coup, supported by the Serbian people, dethroning the pro-axis regency council and installing a new government which was technically headed by the underage King himself. Angered, the Axis attacked Yugoslavia and occupied it after a brief struggle; parts were annexed to UsefulNotes/{{Hungary}}, UsefulNotes/{{Bulgaria}}, UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}, and the (Independent State of) UsefulNotes/{{Croatia}}, while the rest of Serbia became a German puppet state. During the war, Croatian fascists called Ustaše along with Albanian collaborators [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_persecution_of_Serbs killed between 320,000 and 340,000]] ethnic Serbians (not counting Serbian [[UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} Roma]] and Jews). This led to the formation of two resistance movements, capitalist Chetniks and communist Partisans. The Croats and Bosnians who were against the Ustaše's regime mostly joined the Partisans, while Chetniks mostly consisted of conservative Serbians. However, the Partisans got the upper hand during the war (with Allied forces shifting their support from the Chetniks to them) and killed the remaining Chetniks. In 1945, after the Partisans and the Red Army had liberated its territory, the Partisans reorganized Yugoslavia into a federation of six republics and two autonomous regions in Serbia (UsefulNotes/{{Kosovo}} and Vojvodina) under a communist government led by UsefulNotes/JosipBrozTito. Despite being Communist, however, it was not a Soviet satellite, remaining neutral throughout the Cold War and helping to found the Non-Aligned Movement.

After the war, Serbia was merged with UsefulNotes/{{Montenegro}} and a collection of former Austrian possessions to create UsefulNotes/{{Yugoslavia}}. During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Yugoslavia, surrounded by hostile neighbours and boiling with internal tensions, started aligning itself with the Axis; however, in 1941, immediately after the government has signed a pact officially joining Yugoslavia with the Axis powers which would include allowing UsefulNotes/NaziGermany to freely pass through Serbia and attack {{UsefulNotes/Greece}}, the military officials organized a coup, supported by the Serbian people, dethroning the pro-axis regency council and installing a new government which was technically headed by the underage King himself. Angered, the Axis attacked Yugoslavia and occupied it after a brief struggle; parts were annexed to UsefulNotes/{{Hungary}}, UsefulNotes/{{Bulgaria}}, UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}, and the (Independent State of) UsefulNotes/{{Croatia}}, while the rest of Serbia became a German puppet state. During the war, Croatian fascists called Ustaše along with Albanian collaborators [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_persecution_of_Serbs killed between 320,000 and 340,000]] ethnic Serbians (not counting Serbian [[UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} Roma]] and Jews). This led to the formation of two resistance movements, capitalist Chetniks and communist Partisans. The Croats and Bosnians who were against the Ustaše's regime mostly joined the Partisans with Chetniks mostly consisting of conservative Serbians. However, Partisans got the upper hand during the war (with Allied forces shifting their support from Chetniks to them) and killed the remaining Chetniks. In 1945, after the partisans and the Red Army have liberated its territory, they reorganized Yugoslavia into a federation of six republics and two autonomous regions in Serbia (Kosovo and Vojvodina) under a communist government led by UsefulNotes/JosipBrozTito. Despite being Communist, however, it was not a Soviet satellite, remaining neutral throughout the Cold War and helping to found the Non-Aligned Movement.

After the war, Serbia was merged with UsefulNotes/{{Montenegro}} and a collection of former Austrian possessions to create UsefulNotes/{{Yugoslavia}}. During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Yugoslavia, surrounded by hostile neighbours and boiling with internal tensions, started aligning itself with the Axis; however, in 1941, immediately after the government has signed a pact officially joining Yugoslavia with the Axis powers which would include allowing UsefulNotes/NaziGermany to freely pass through Serbia and attack {{UsefulNotes/Greece}}, the military officials organized a coup, supported by the Serbian people, dethroning the pro-axis regency council and installing a new government which was technically headed by the underage King himself. Angered, the Axis attacked Yugoslavia and occupied it after a brief struggle; parts were annexed to UsefulNotes/{{Hungary}}, UsefulNotes/{{Bulgaria}}, UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} and (Independent State of) UsefulNotes/{{Croatia}} while the rest of Serbia became a German puppet state. During the war, Croatian fascists called Ustaše along with Albanian collaborators [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_persecution_of_Serbs killed between 320 000 and 340 000]] ethnic Serbians (not counting Serbian Roma and Jews). This lead to forming of two resistance movements, capitalist Chetniks and communist Partisans. The Croats and Bosnians who were against the Ustaše's regime mostly joined the Partisans with Chetniks mostly consisting of conservative Serbians. However, Partisans got the upper hand during the war (with Allied forces shifting their support from Chetniks to them) and killed the remaining Chetniks. In 1945, after the partisans and the Red Army have liberated its territory, they reorganized Yugoslavia into a federation of six republics and two autonomous regions in Serbia (Kosovo and Vojvodina) under a communist government led by UsefulNotes/JosipBrozTito. Despite being Communist, however, it was not a Soviet satellite, remaining neutral throughout the Cold War and helping to found the Non-Aligned Movement.

After the war, Serbia was merged with UsefulNotes/{{Montenegro}} and a collection of former Austrian possessions to create UsefulNotes/{{Yugoslavia}}. During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Yugoslavia, surrounded by hostile neighbours and boiling with internal tensions, started aligning itself with the Axis; however, in 1941, immediately after the government has signed a pact officially joining Yugoslavia with the Axis powers which would include allowing Germany to freely pass through Serbia and attack Greece, the military officials organized a coup, supported by the Serbian people, dethroning the pro-axis regency council and installing a new government which was technically headed by the underage King himself. Angered, the Axis attacked Yugoslavia and occupied it after a brief struggle; parts were annexed to UsefulNotes/{{Hungary}}, UsefulNotes/{{Bulgaria}}, UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} and (Independent State of) UsefulNotes/{{Croatia}} while the rest of Serbia became a German puppet state. During the war, Croatian fascists called Ustaše along with Albanian collaborators [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_persecution_of_Serbs killed between 320 000 and 340 000]] ethnic Serbians (not counting Serbian Roma and Jews). This lead to forming of two resistance movements, capitalist Chetniks and communist Partisans. The Croats and Bosnians who were against the Ustaše's regime mostly joined the Partisans with Chetniks mostly consisting of conservative Serbians. However, Partisans got the upper hand during the war (with Allied forces shifting their support from Chetniks to them) and killed the remaining Chetniks. In 1945, after the partisans and the Red Army have liberated its territory, they reorganized Yugoslavia into a federation of six republics and two autonomous regions in Serbia (Kosovo and Vojvodina) under a communist government led by UsefulNotes/JosipBrozTito. Despite being Communist, however, it was not a Soviet satellite, remaining neutral throughout the Cold War and helping to found the Non-Aligned Movement.

There were several early Serbian medieval states, which had to defend themselves from both Eastern Roman and Bulgarian attempts at subjugating them. The most long-lasting and powerful incarnation of a Serbian medieval state rose in 1217 under king Stefan Nemanjić "Prvovenčani" (Firstly-crowned), and was led into a golden age of prosperity and slow territorial increase by the Nemanjić dynasty. At one point, Dušan Nemanjić, an extremely successful and capable ruler, managed to conquer a huge part of the Balkans and proclaim a Serbian Empire, aiming to create a strong state that would replace the UsefulNotes/{{Byzantine|Empire}}s as the dominant power in the region and as the main obstacle to the impending Turkish invasion, but the plan never came to fruit as he died relatively young and was succeeded by an incompetent son.

The Serbs were one of the Slavic tribes who migrated from somewhere in the Proto-slavic homeland-first briefly stopping in an area at the border of today's Germany and Poland, and then finally settling in the Balkans.

Sports are another cornerstone of Serbian culture. Easily the most popular sport is football (the association one, the American version is appropriately enough called "Američki fudbal" - American football - to differentiate), but the national team has had little success since the 1990s, which caused many to become sour. Still, the fan scene is thriving, and Serbian FootballHooligans are infamous around the world for their sheer brutality. However, where the country lacks in football, it more than makes up in basketball, volleyball and waterpolo, the "holy trinity" of Serbian team sports. Especially in the cities basketball goes neck-to-neck with football for being the most popular sport, as the country has had a fair share of great players and the trophies to back it up, both in the 5v5 and the 3v3 variants of the sport. The girls aren't half-bad either, with them being Europe's #1 several times. Volleyball is the most popular female sport, even though the men's section is no slouch either - the Serbs are among the tallest people on the world and that practically ''translates'' to world-championship winner qualities in the sport. Waterpolo is absolutely '''dominated''' by the Serbian male team, with only neighbours Croatia, Montenegro and Hungary being able to give them a run for their money. Indeed the FINA World Waterpolo Cup might be considered one of the most predictable in any sport - there are astronomically small chances of one of the four countries mentioned not winning. Individual sports are nowhere as popular thanks to the heavily collectivist nature of Serbs as a whole, though tennis has made a huge rise in popularity during the 2010s thanks to one Novak Đoković, the all-time GOAT of the white sport.

* The plot of ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniper_2 Sniper 2]]'' is supposed to take place in [[CaliforniaDoubling the Serbian capital of Belgrade]] with [[CriticalResearchFailure Serbs speaking Hungarian]].

Serbia, officially known as the Republic of Serbia ('''Serbian:''' ''Република Србија, Republika Srbija''), is a Southern European republic in the Balkan Peninsula. The official language is Serbian, and the capital is Belgrade.

There were several early Serbian medieval states, which had to defend themselves from both Eastern Roman and Bulgarian attempts at subjugating them. The most long-lasting and powerful incarnation of a Serbian medieval state rose in 1217 under king Stefan Nemanjić "Prvovenčani" (Firstly-crowned), and was led into a golden age of prosperity and slow territorial increase by the Nemanjić dynasty. At one point, Dušan Nemanjić, an extremely successful and capable ruler, managed to conquer a huge part of the Balkans and proclaim a Serbian Empire, aiming to create a strong state that would replace the [[UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire Byzantines]] as the dominant power in the region and as the main obstacle to the impending Turkish invasion, but the plan never came to fruit as he died relatively young and was succeeded by an incompetent son.

* The films of Emir Kusturica (e.g. ''Film/{{Underground}}'')

* '''Highest point:''' Midžor (2169 m/7,116 ft) (129th)