For those of you who do not know, Yugoslavia was a country made up of present-day Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia. It was a communist country but not a satellite state of the U.S.S.R. This state broke up 1 year after the fall of the U.S.S.R, but what if Yugoslavia never broke up?
If Yugoslavia never broke up the Yugoslav Wars would have never occurred and there would be much less conflict there and Kosovo would never split away from Serbia. Eventually, Albania and Bulgaria would be absorbed by Yugoslavia and in order to survive Yugoslavia would need to have good relations with neighboring countries such as Romania, Greece etc.
Yugoslavia's population would be around 24.2 million and it would be larger than Denmark's, Ireland's and New Zealand's populations combined! However it would still be behind North Korea. Yugoslavia would have a very good economy as it did when the U.S.S.R still existed and it would have the 4th largest infantry force in Europe, 6th largest air force in Europe and the 5th largest tank force in Europe meaning that it would be a very powerful country, their power would only increase with Albania being part of this European nation.
This small nation was brave enough to tell the U.S.S.R to keep its hands off, in other words it told the greatest European and Asian nation at the time to "go kys" in today's speech.
Despite being a communist country it would probably have capitalist features like China. Most nations of Europe would be inferior to this great nation and I am sure Yugoslavia wouldn't lack in entertainment, remaining great in basketball. In conclusion Yugoslavia would be a mighty European country, able to pose a threat to some of Europe's most powerful countries (this includes Italy!) and would most likely remain neutral in major conflicts.
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