Line #11 UsefulNotes/Slovenia


1	[[quoteright:328:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/si-map.gif]]
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3	Not to be confused with UsefulNotes/{{Slovakia}} (which, confusingly, is called "Slovensko" in its own native language). The flag's slightly different (but only slightly) and it wasn't UsefulNotes/WarsawPact. Though it was CommieLand.
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5	Slovenia ('''Slovene:''' Slovenija), officially known as The Republic of Slovenia ('''Slovene:''' Republika Slovenija), one of the former states of UsefulNotes/{{Yugoslavia}}, is a country located in UsefulNotes/CentralEurope and Southern Europe. It arrived into the world of independent states in a dramatic style, after a ten-day war against the rest of Yugoslavia, when it declared independence on June 25, 1991, having held a referendum a few months earlier. After winning that, a low-intensity war with under 100 deaths, Slovenia was rapidly internationally recognized (though with some initial reluctance from both the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates and UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion), escaped the rest of [[UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars the horrors that would eventually tear the rest of Yugoslavia apart]], and quietly got on with things.
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7	Slovenia's national ethos in a nutshell is that its people might share blood and language with the rest of the Yugoslavian people, but their culture sets them apart, being more aligned towards {{UsefulNotes/Austria}} and {{UsefulNotes/Italy}}.
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9	It rapidly became the prize-winner of the new European democracies, democratizing rapidly and becoming prosperous. It is the richest of all the post-Communist states in Europe.
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11	In 2004, it joined UsefulNotes/{{NATO}} and UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion. In the case of the 2004 EU entrants, only {{UsefulNotes/Cyprus}} was better off. Slovenia has since adopted the Euro as its currency.
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13	Slovenia is a parliamentary democracy and a unitary state, with a lot of ecological diversity, with the Alps and Lake Bled being two examples.
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15	!!In media:
16	See SloveneMedia.
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18	'''Famous Slovenes include:'''
19	* Creator/ZeljkoIvanek, an actor who has appeared in many TV series such as ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'', ''Series/TwentyFour'' (Andre Drazen) and currently ''Series/MadamSecretary'' - he frequently plays lawyer or politician types. He left Yugoslavia permanently at age 7.
20	* Melanija Knavs, better known as Melania Knauss-Trump, model and later US First Lady, wife of President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump.
21	* Music/{{Laibach}}, an Industrial group named for the German name of the country's capital city of Ljubljana.
22	* Within Destruction, a {{Deathcore}} group from Jesenice.
23	* Gramatik, a TripHop producer from Portorož but currently living in New York.
24	* Slavoj Žižek, a critical theorist/philosopher famous for using examples from popular culture to demonstrate philosophical points (one wonders what he would think of Website/TVTropes).
25	* Vinko Bogataj, an otherwise-obscure ski jumper who forever entered American pop culture when ''Series/WideWorldOfSports'' used footage of his spectacular ramp wipeout in 1970 to illustrate Jim [=McKay's=] opening narration of "...the agony of defeat".[[labelnote:Postscript]]In 1981, he was invited to attend the 20th anniversary gala for ''Wide World of Sports'', and flew in from the then-Yugoslavia. He received the loudest ovation of any athlete introduced, and got autograph requests from many attendees, including Muhammad Ali.[[/labelnote]]
26	* Goran Dragić, current NBA player; also notable for leading Slovenia to an unexpected title at [=EuroBasket=] 2017 (the European championship).
27	* Luka Dončić, NBA superstar with the Dallas Mavericks, who had his international coming-out party as an 18-year-old at the aforementioned [=EuroBasket=] 2017.
28	* Anže Kopitar, current captain of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings, who's helped them to two Stanley Cups.
29	* Tadej Pogačar, two-time UsefulNotes/TourDeFrance winner (2020, 2021).
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31	'''Slovenia in fiction:'''
32	* ''Veronika Decides to Die'' by Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho takes place in Ljubljana.
33	* ''Literature/TheThirdWorldWar'' begins when Slovenia declares independence and both US and Soviet forces intervene.
34	* ''Film/SeasonOfTheWitch'', though being set in Main/TheHighMiddleAges, there's no independent Slovene state yet, but instead the Duchy of Styria, which is part of modern-day southern UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} and northern Slovenia. The [[spoiler:supposedly]] witch Anna is from the area's largest city, Maribor (then called by its German name, Marburg), as well.
35	* The ProfessionalWrestling TagTeam Wrestling/TheBatiri, best known for their work in Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}, are billed from Bled Island.
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37	[[AC:The Slovene flag]]
38	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_slovenia_2.png]]
39	->The flag's white, blue and red stripes are derived from the Pan-Slavic colors. At the canton is the national coat of arms.
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41	[[AC:Coat of arms of Slovenia]]
42	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coat_of_arms_of_slovenia_5.png]]
43	->The coat of arms depicts an allegorical representation of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triglav Triglav]], the nation's highest mountain, over waves symbolizing the Adriatic Sea and the nation's rivers, all underneath three golden six-pointed stars (in honor of the Counts of Celje, the most important family of nobles to have come from Slovenia).
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45	[[AC:The Slovene national anthem]]
46	->Žive naj vsi narodi
47	->Ki hrepene dočakat' dan
48	->Da koder sonce hodi
49	->Prepir iz sveta bo pregnan
50	->Da rojak
51	->Prost bo vsak
52	->Ne vrag, le sosed bo mejak!
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56	->God's blessing on all nations
57	->Who long and work for that bright day
58	->When o'er earth's habitations
59	->No war, no strife shall hold its sway
60	->Who long to see
61	->That all men free
62	->No more shall foes, but neighbours be!
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64	[[AC:Government]]
65	* Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
66	** President: Nataša Pirc Musar
67	** Prime Minister: Robert Golob
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69	[[AC:Miscellaneous]]
70	* '''Capital and largest city:''' Ljubljana
71	* '''Population:''' 2,108,977
72	* '''Area:''' 20,271 km
73	(7,827 sq mi) (151st)
74	* '''Currency''': Euro (€) (EUR)
75	* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' SI
76	* '''Country calling code:''' 386
77	* '''Highest point:''' Triglav (2864 m/9,396 ft) (74th)

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