According to the Slovene pension authorities I have contacted, one of the steps I must take to get a pension from them involves dealing with the Croatian pension authorities, as well. Apparently, this is because I now reside in Croatia, but it may also have to do with the fact that the two countries were once part of Yugoslavia. Chances are that the office I must go to is in Pazin, where I have had my share of horrendous experiences with bureaucracy. My Slovene pension would cover only four years, though, as I worked there from 1975 to 1979, when Slovenia and Croatia were still but republics of the same federation. My wild guess is that I would get only around fifty euros per month by way of Slovene pension. And I am now wondering whether dealing with the authorities in Pazin would be worth that much money. The thought of even a single trip to this capital of red tape makes me shudder. The way I feel at the moment, a guarantee of not seeing Pazin ever again would be actually worth about fifty euros per month.