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Seems to be the common confusion between Slovenia and Slovakia.

• smcl 10y ago
  It's understandable - their names in their respective languages is "Slovenija" and "Slovensko" which is relatively similar. Tougher still is discerning Slovenia and Slovakia in spoken Czech or Slovak - "Slovinsko" vs "Slovensko" - though context tends to help here :)
  • yoz-y 10y ago
    Fun factoid. Staff of Slovak and Slovenian embassies meet each month to exchange wrongly addressed mail. http://www.slovak-republic.org/slovenia/#politicians http://www.slovak-republic.org/slovenia/#politicians
    • smcl 10y ago
      That is amazing!
      • jacobush 10y ago
        I imagine that creates a special bond over time. :) In Sweden there are two municipalities who shared a website for a long time. Ironically? the HÅBO muni got to keep http://HABO.se http://HABO.se while the HABO muni had to settle for http://HABOkommun.se http://HABOkommun.se
    • vidanay 10y ago
      I have heard something similar about Austria and Australia
      • smcl 10y ago
        There's a lot of t-shirts sold in Vienna tourist shops with kangaroos on it - they seem to have embraced it :)
    • pingec 10y ago
      Another fun thing I have heard multiple times is that ordering electronics from China to "Ljubljana, Slovakia" somehow makes it from China to Slovakia and then Slovenia without going through customs in any of those two countries. Does anyone know why this would be? Or maybe is it just pure luck?