Clue: This landlocked country was officially recognized in 1993 and has a population just north of 2 million.
Answer: What is FYROM?!
That is correct! The little-known country of FYROM, or the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, is a lovely place which neighbors such tourist hotspots as Kosovo and Serbia.
There's a funny little controversy involving FYROM, mostly the "M" part. You see, Greeks are very touchy about the whole Macedonia/Alexander the Great thing, and don't particularly feel like sharing Macedonia with some upstart former Yugoslavians. Also, there's a tiny issue involving whether or not Alexander the Great was ever in what is now FYROM at all. I mean, honestly, why should they get to call themselves Macedonia if they were never historically Macedonian? Sheesh, no one does that (Washington State, I'm looking at you...we all know GWash was never out there...you're not fooling anyone). Anyways, FYROM eventually made good with Greece by adding a few more letters to their name, and now they can hang out in the UN (apparently most of the UN countries call it just the Republic of Macedonia anyways).
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Best of luck!
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