Some farmers raise cattle, hogs, poultry, and sheep. Logging is also an important economic activity in rural areas. Paved roads connect most cities and large towns in Macedonia. A railroad system links Macedonia with Yugoslavia and Greece. The country has airports at Skopje and Ohrid.
Most families own a television and one or more radios.
Until the early 1900's, the history of what is now the country of Macedonia was tied to that of the larger, historic area, also called Macedonia. The historic region of Macedonia includes the country of Macedonia and parts of northern Greece and southwestern Bulgaria. For information on historic Macedonia, see Macedonia . By the late 1800's, historic Macedonia had been part of the Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire for more than 500 years. But the Ottoman Empire had begun to fall apart, and Bulgaria and Serbia competed for possession of Macedonia.