• keepcarrot [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    It generally means turned into a bunch of competing nation states, often left unable to collectively defend their mutual interests because they're all competing against each other.

      • heggs_bayer [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        Adding to what keepcarrot said, the term originates from the breaking up of Yugoslavia into various rump states (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Croatia, etc.) in southeast Europe.