As of 2008, there are SEVEN independent countries that use to comprise Yugoslavia.
In alphabetical order they are:
CROATIA
FORMER YUGOSLAV Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
SERBIA
SLOVENIA
Yugoslavia existed until about a decade ago, but has sense broken up into several countries.
The country of Yugoslavia no longer exists. It has broken up into 6 independent countries. You would need to find out what part of the former Yugoslavia your parents were born in, and then contact the appropriate embassy for THAT country in your OWN country. For example, if your parents were born in Croatia and you live in the USA, you would want to contact the Embassy of Croatia in USA. The new countries (made up of the former Yugoslavia) are: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).
They never did. Slovenia and Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia first, which the Yugoslavia army opposed, starting a 8-day war in Slovenia and a war in Croatia lasting 2-3 years. Serbia didn't exist at the time. It was just a republic in Yugoslavia. Serbia became a proper country when all of the other republics of Yugoslavia had broken away and declared independence.
Slovenia and Croatia declared their independence from Serbian-dominated Yugoslavia in 1991. Bosnia and Herzegovina also declared independence in 1992.
The country formerly known as Yugoslavia was a Federal Republic consisting of a number of states which have since broken away from each other and become their own autonomous countries. Yugoslavia was populated by mostly Slavic people who used an alphabet other than the Roman alphabet, such as we do. Yugoslavia roughly translates to "Southern Slav Land". In the Cyrillic alphabet, the sound "YU" is written as "JU", but is pronounced "YU". Yugoslavia is an English rendering of Jugoslavia.
Slovenia and Croatia declared their independence from Serbian-dominated Yugoslavia in 1991. Bosnia and Herzegovina also declared independence in 1992.
Yugoslavia Doesn't exist anymore. Try Yemen.
this country was broken into a few smaller countries and ordered to pay reparations for the damage caused by the war
Then India would have broken up instantly after independence into numerous smaller nations, that would fight and end-less war to gain power. This would give some other world power to come and rule us. (just the way, Britain did.)
Genus' are broken down in species.
When larger jobs are broken down into smaller tasks, that is called specialization.
Croatia didn't fell apart. But Yugoslavia fell apart and one of the countries is Croatia.