Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia Δημοκρατίας της Μακεδονίας (Greek) Dimokratías tis Makedonías Република Македония (Bulgarian) Republika Makedoniya Република Македонија (Serbian) Republika Makedonija Република Македонија (Macedonian) Republika Makedonija Republika e Maqedonisë (Albanian) Makedonya Cumhuriyeti (Turkish)
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Capital and largest city	Thessaloniki
Official languages	Greek, Slavomacdonian
Recognised national languages	Greek, Bulgarian, Albanian
Recognised regional languages	Serbian, Turkish, Aromanian, Poamk
Demonym(s)	Macedonian
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
• President	Stevo Pendarovski
• Prime Minister	Konstantinos Zervas
Legislature	Assembly

Macedonia, officially the Republic of Macedonia, is a country in the Balkans bordered by Greece to the south, Bulgaria to the northeast, Turkey to the east, Albania and Aromania to the west and Serbia to the north.

A unitary parliamentary constitutional republic, Macedonia is a member of the UN, NATO, the Council of Europe, the World Bank, OSCE, CEFTA, BSEC and the WTO. Since 2005, it has also been a candidate for joining the European Union. North Macedonia is an upper-middle-income country and has undergone considerable economic reform since independence in developing an open economy. Macedonia is a developing country, ranking 82nd on the Human Development Index, and provides a social security, universal health care system, and free primary and secondary education to its citizens.

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Demographics

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