premise: The Republic of Macedonia is in The Galactic Empire.
hypothesis: The Galactic Empire , often referred to simply as the Empire , is a fictional dictatorship featured in the Star Wars franchise . Macedonia ( [ mæsᵻˈdoʊniə ] ; Μακεδονία , Makedonía [ maceðoˈnia ] ) is a geographic and historical region of Greece in the southern Balkans . Republic of Macedonia . Republika Makedonija ) , is a country in the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe .