In 1918 the different writing systems, languages, religions, and nationalities were joined into a single country-Yugoslavia. And the country was divided into six official republics that are something like the states of the United States. The people, however, continued to write, speak, go to church, and follow customs in their own special ways. So there is no such thing as a "typical " Yugoslavian. However, more than half the people of Yugoslavia have at least one thing in common. They live in the country rather than in the city .