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Known as ''Crna Gora'' in Serbian/Montenegrin, Montenegro ("Black Mountain") is one of the world's newest independent states, after an independence referendum in 2006 led to the breakup of Serbia & Montenegro.

However, Montenegro was already independent once in its history : During the later parts of the 19th century and a big part of the early 20th century, when it was a small Balkan monarchy. After WWII, it became a member state of Tito's {{Yugoslavia}} and the rest is history.

The capital city is Podgorica. The country is currently developing its tourist industry and is a candidate for UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion and {{NATO}}.

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!!Montenegro's appearances in fiction:
* ''Film/CasinoRoyale'', [[CaliforniaDoubling although the filming of Montenegrin scenes took place]] in the UsefulNotes/CzechRepublic.
* Fictional detective Nero Wolfe hails from here, although he is mainly based in New York. He does come back once in the aptly named ''The Black Mountain'' to catch the murderer of his best friend.
* [[TheGreatGatsby Jay Gatsby]] received a medal from King Nicholas I. (since Montenegro was still an independent monarchy back then).

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[[caption-width:125:The Montenegrin flag]]

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