| Socialist Republic of Croatia Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska Timeline: An Honorable Retelling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||||
| Anthem: Lijepa naša domovino "Our Beautiful Homeland" |
||||||
| Capital (and largest city) | Zagreb | |||||
| Official languages | Croatian | |||||
| Demonym | Croatian | |||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional Marxist-Luxemburgist republic | |||||
| - | Head of State | Kristofor Stokić | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Davor Bernadić | ||||
| Legislature | Popular Sabor | |||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2023 estimate | 3,400,000 | ||||
| Currency | Croatian kuna (HRK) |
|||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
Croatia (Croatian: Hrvatska), officially the Socialist Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska), is a country in Southeastern Europe in the Adriatic Sea. Bordered by Cisleithania, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro and Italy, the country has a population of 3.4 million, with its largest city, Zagreb, also being its capital. Zagreb also forms one of the country’s 21 counties. Other large cities include Rijeka, Split, Zadar, Osijek, Karlovac and Varaždin.
The Croats arrived in modern-day Croatia in the late 6th century, then part of Roman Illyria. By the 7th century, they had organized the territory into two duchies. Croatia was first internationally recognized as independent on 7 June 879 during the reign of Duke Branimir. Tomislav became the first king by 925, elevating Croatia to the status of a kingdom. During the succession crisis after the Trpimirović dynasty ended, Croatia entered a personal union with Hungary in 1102. By the 16th century Croatia had been fully incorporated into the Hungarian Empire.
Modern Croatia was formed in 1920 by the dissolution of the Hungarian Empire. In the state’s first years, the economy struggled to find traction in the international market, leading to mass unemployment. By the 1930s, Croatia was struggling, but by 1936 the country’s economy was on the rise. The Fourth Great War would see a Hungarian invasion in 1940, followed by three years of military occupation. Croatia would be liberated by combined Italian, German and Cisleithanian forces, aided by socialist partisans. This would form the basis for the declaration of a socialist Croatian state in 1947.
TBD
History[]
Government and politics[]
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
