Slovenia

Slovenia is a country in central Europe between the Alps, the Pannonian plain and the Adriatic Sea, with its capital at Ljubljana. Its lands, including Carniola, Lower Styria and part of the Littoral, were ruled by the Habsburgs for centuries before joining the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs in 1918 and then Yugoslavia. It declared independence in 1991 and joined the European Union in 2004.