Crska
Republic of Crska Република Црска | |
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| Motto: TBA TBA | |
 Location of Crska in Europe | |
| Capital and largest city | Solun |
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| Demonym(s) | Crskan |
| Legislature | TBA |
| Area | |
• Total | 68,124.5 km2 (26,303.0 sq mi) |
| Date format | mm-dd-yyyy |
Crska (Crskan: Црска), officially the Republic of Crska is a country in the Balkans region of Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Kosovo to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the northeast, the disputed territory of Western Thrace to the east, Greece} to the south, and Albania to the west. Crska also shares a small maritime border with Turkey in the Aegan Sea. Solun is the country's capital and largest city, and is home to roughly a fifth of Crska's 5.2 million citizens. Other major urban areas include Skopje, Kožani, Bitola, Serez, Prilep, and Voden. The significant majority of the country's citizens are ethnic Crskans, who are part of the South Slavic people. Crska's official language is Crskan, an Eastern South Slavic dialect which is closely related to the Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian languages.
The region's modern history begins with the Kingdom of Crska, an early South Slavic state which affirmed its independence after the Great Rebellion of 901-12 against the First Bulgarian Empire. Faced with constant invasions by the Bulgarians, Crska would align itself with the Byzantine Empire during the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars and with the Ottoman Empire during the Bulgarian–Ottoman Wars.