Farms cover about a fourth of Macedonia. Chief crops include corn, cotton, tobacco, and wheat. Farmers also grow apples, grapes, peaches, and plums. 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.