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. |
40 | ---- |
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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54 | -- |
55 | |
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! |
63 | ---- |
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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