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	'''Croatia''' (in ]: Hrvatska) is a ~~nation~~ of the ]. Its capital is ].		'''Croatia''' (in ]: Hrvatska) is a country of the ]. Its capital is ].

	==Background==		==Background==

	In ], ] disintegrated after being on the losing side in ]. Three of its peoples, the ], ], and ], formed a kingdom known after ] as ]. Following ], ] became an independent ] state under the strong hand of Marshal ]. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in ], it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under ] supervision the last Serb-held enclave in eastern ] was returned to Croatia in ].		In ], ] disintegrated after being on the losing side in ]. Three of its peoples, the ], ], and ], formed a kingdom known after ] as ]. Following ], ] became an independent ] under the strong hand of Marshal ]. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in ], it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under ] supervision the last Serb-held enclave in eastern ] was returned to Croatia in ].

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	<tr><td>]<br> - Total<br> - % water<td>]<br>56,542 ]<br>0.01%		<tr><td>]<br> - Total<br> - % water<td>]<br>56,542 ]<br>0.01%
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	== International rankings ==		== International rankings ==

	* Rank 33 out of 139 countries (2 way tie)		* Rank 33 out of 139 countries (2 way tie)

	==Reference==		==Reference==

	*''Much of the material in these articles comes from the ] 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website.''		*''Much of the material in these articles comes from the ] 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website.''

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Croatia (in Croatian language: Hrvatska) is a country of the Balkan Peninsula. Its capital is Zagreb.

Background

In 1918, Austria-Hungary disintegrated after being on the losing side in WW1. Three of its peoples, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes, formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became an independent communist state under the strong hand of Marshal Tito. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998.