sˈɛvɹəl mˈæps dᵻpˈɪktɪŋ "juːnˈaɪɾᵻd mˌæsɪdˈoʊniə" æz ɐn ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndənt kˈʌntɹi, stˈeɪɾɪŋ ɪɹˌiːdˈɛntɪst klˈeɪmz ʌvðə mˌæsɪdˈoʊniən nˈæʃənəlˌɪsts ɐɡˈɛnst bˈoʊθ ɡɹˈiːk ænd bʌlɡˈɛɹiən tˈɛɹɪtˌoːɹi, sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪɾᵻd sˈɪns ðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z ænd ðə bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z.
Several maps depicting "United Macedonia" as an independent country, stating irredentist claims of the Macedonian nationalists against both Greek and Bulgarian territory, circulated since the late 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s.