Bosnia

Properly known as Bosnia and Herzegovina (or BosniaHerzegovina), this nation on the Balkan Peninsula is still informally known as “Bosnia.” It was a part of the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia from the end of the Second World War until the collapse and break-up of the Soviet Union.
The subsequent disintegration of Yugoslavia led to the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995, between Bosniak and Serb elements of the region. It ended with the Dayton Agreement between the presidents of Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which established the current borders and structures of the nation. Since then, Bosnia has faced the challenge of rebuilding badly damaged infrastructure and modernizing a formerly socialist economy, dealing with high unemployment and civil unrest related to its economic problems.
The capital city of Sarajevo played host to the 1984 Winter Olympic Games and remains a popular tourist attraction. Bosnia features numerous historic and natural attractions, including Islamic and Eastern Orthodox sites, deep river canyons, mountain lakes, and old growth forests.
THE BOSNIAN PYRAMIDS A particular archaeological oddity of Bosnia is found near the town of Visoko, northwest of Sarajevo. Known as “the Bosnian Pyramids,” they consist of a cluster of hills that some archaeologists have declared the largest pyramid structures on Earth. The five identified pyramids have been named (in order from largest to smallest), The Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon, the Pyramid of the Dragon, the Pyramid of the Earth, and the Pyramid of Love. Although referred to as “pyramids,” they appear as large, pyramidshaped hills overlooking Visoko. Their validity as archaeological sites has been in dispute for years, since evidence is both scant and often contradictory, suggesting the pyramids were built thousands of years before any known human civilization. In fact, the Bosnian Pyramids are the remnants of an ancient Preserver site in the region, perhaps similar to Mount Kilamanjaro, and there are unexcavated tunnels and chambers beneath the hillsides. The site was either partially dismantled, or incomplete and abandoned, but still contains sufficient samples of Preserver technology to be of great interest, not just on Earth, but to other factions in the galaxy.
CROATIA East across the Adriatic Sea from Italy is the Republic of Croatia, the crossroads of Central Europe and the Mediterranean. Once a part of the former Yugoslavia, Croatia declared independence in 1991, fighting a four-year war against Yugoslavian forces to establish itself as a democratic republic after decades of communist rule (and Nazi occupation prior to that).
Present-day Croatia is a popular tourist destination, particularly to those from Germany, Slovenia, Austria, and the Czech Republic. The country has more than a thousand small islands along its Adriatic coastline, and protected beaches and nature preserves.
Unfortunately, Croatia’s location and heavy tourist traffic also make it a way-point for Central Asian heroin and South American cocaine making their way into Europe, along with other forms of smuggling.

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Geopolitical, Country