User blog comment:Pacificus Viridis/Was Yugoslavia sustainable, or was it doomed all along?/@comment-32656-20130123132327

No way for it to survive.

Unfortunately, it only held together as long as it did because of dictators. Both Tito and the Kings had to do it.

It actually did have a somewhat democratic period early on. The actions of the nationalities - had they got their way, led by the Croats, in would have ended right there - the King had to take over.

States ethnically diverse like this really don't stay together much - there's a good reason.