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What is your favorite defunct 20th century nation(s) and why?
I mean by defunct countries like Austria-Hungary, USSR etc.
is it me or should all % add up to 100?
The Conch Republic.
The only nation to have suceeded from the United States, fought, and won the secession war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conch_republic
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Burma (or is it Myanmar?)Originally Posted by gunnut
The Conch Republic.
The only nation to have suceeded from the United States, fought, and won the secession war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conch_republic
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"They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion” Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan
Well, it ain't defunct, but the Principality of Sealand had a horrendous fire that dam' near took 'em out. Prince Roy almost lost the whole thing, and when you're talking about favorite European nations, baby, Sealand tops my list.
"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory."
- George Orwell
Can't say I liked OR miss ANY of them.....sorry
How about The Free Republic of Van Zandt?
Heh.
British India.
The 20th Century saw it's biggest freedom movement as Pakistan and Bharat (official name of India) were formed.
technically this doesn't count, but this nation existed at the very edge of the 19th/20th century.
long live the republic of formosa!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Formosa
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War and Peace
The Dominion of Newfoundland.
The pre-revolutionary government of Iran. How I miss them.
"The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood"-Otto Von Bismarck
Good answer. They weren't lovable, but BOY!, they were sure better than what we got now.The pre-revolutionary government of Iran. How I miss them.
"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory."
- George Orwell
Rhodesia.
By the way, tomorrow is the birthday of the RLI; nicknamed The Saints and The Incredibles, 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry was formed on February 1, 1961.
Rhodesian-Light-Infantry
Namewise, Tanganika and Zanzibar.
Tanzania sounds less exotic.
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