Serbia is a place.
Serbia ( [ ˈsɜrbiə ] , Србија / Srbija , [ sř̩bija ] ) , officially the Republic of Serbia ( Република Србија / Republika Srbija ) , 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 . Serbia numbers around 7 million residents ; its capital , Belgrade , ranks among the oldest and largest cities in Southeast Europe . The Serbian Revolution was the national uprising and constitutional change in Serbia that took place between 1804 and 1835 , during which this territory evolved from an Ottoman province into a rebel territory , a constitutional monarchy and a modern Serbia .