Claim: Serbia is a place.
Evidence: Serbia -LRB- -LSB- ˈsɜrbiə -RSB- , Србија / Srbija , -LSB- sř̩bija -RSB- -RRB- , officially the Republic of Serbia -LRB- Република Србија / Republika Srbija -RRB- , is a landlocked sovereign state situated at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe , covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans.