Slovenia is a tiny country that was part of Yugoslavia. It is in the Alps just under Austria tucked in northeast of Italy. It was the first former Yugoslavia to break away. There was a mini war that lasted for a week or so in 1991, and then they were left alone.
I was stationed in Italy at the time, and we watched it happen live, with growing concern about what would happen in the rest of that country.
What happened later in Croatia and Bosnia was so much worse. We all hoped it would be like Slovenia, but the three types of peoples—Orthodox Serbs, Catholic Croats, and Muslim Bosnians, were too mixed up together, and had too much hatred for each other.
Slovenia got out easy because they were a homogenous people.
Also Slovenia is part of the European Union. For that, they have a love/hate relationship with the other former yugoslavia countries like Croatia, Bosnia etc...
Visited there several times and IMHO, one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Part of the Alps run through Slovenia and good skiing there.
Tiny too as you can cross it in about 3 hours and has 2 million people only.
Very friendly people too.
I had no idea all that about Slovenia. Former soviet satellite, then. Been my experience that people from those countries really appreciate USA. They know better.
Bet little girl, Melania in Slovenia never, ever, ever dreamed she’d be First Lady of the United States !