After the Second World War, the Communist regime began a vast re-planning of agriculture, a sector still largely dominant in the Macedonian economy. The properties of exiles, foreigners, monasteries, formerly private companies, and banks, were nationalised, and half of the total was allocated to farmers who had supported the fight against fascism. The rest was left to planned industrial agriculture, and was divided between several cooperatives. All private estates were reorganised so that one family had between 20 and 35 hectares of land.