Besides war and the Soviet Union, what was the last country to dissolve?

[TimC]

We were talking about this watching the PGA Championship that they said was broadcast in 206 countries. We were like "are there even 206 countries" which led us to the Soviet Union break-up creating all those crapholes. We came up with Yugoslavia, but could technically count that as part of the Soviet Union. So we decided to say pre-1990 and not conquered by war. Of course, the next commercial had boobs so we quickly forgot about it.

 

The Greece thread reminded me of this.

Edited August 18, 2010 by TimC

[Hugh 0ne]

The South.

[Big John]

Yugoslavia was not part of the Soviet Union, though they were aligned with it.

 

Chechoslavia also split in 2.

[Ursa Majoris]

We were talking about this watching the PGA Championship that they said was broadcast in 206 countries. We were like "are there even 206 countries" which led us to the Soviet Union break-up creating all those crapholes. We came up with Yugoslavia, but could technically count that as part of the Soviet Union. So we decided to say pre-1990 and not conquered by war. Of course, the next commercial had boobs so we quickly forgot about it.

 

The Greece thread reminded me of this.

Yugoslavia was NEVER part of the Soviet Union. It wasn't even in the Warsaw Pact. Marshal Tito made damn sure Yugoslavia was completely non-aligned and IIRC was instrumental in starting an organization specifically for non-aligned countries.

[geeteebee]

Who the hell cares? There's only like 3 important countries anyways with the US and Texas being two of them.

Edited August 18, 2010 by geeteebee

[Dutch Oven]

Yugoslavia was NEVER part of the Soviet Union. It wasn't even in the Warsaw Pact. Marshal Tito made damn sure Yugoslavia was completely non-aligned and IIRC was instrumental in starting an organization specifically for non-aligned countries.

 

I think we found out how to piss off Ursa.

[TimC]

Yugoslavia was NEVER part of the Soviet Union. It wasn't even in the Warsaw Pact. Marshal Tito made damn sure Yugoslavia was completely non-aligned and IIRC was instrumental in starting an organization specifically for non-aligned countries.

 

That's why we said pre-1990. We thought WWII countries and then thought to not include wars at all. We figured we had to go back to the 1500s or something under British rule maybe.

 

I don't know.

[Ursa Majoris]

I think we found out how to piss off Ursa.

Historical inaccuracy offends me.

 

Of course, historical inaccuracy comes naturally to someone who thinks the North started and lost the Civil War.

[Ursa Majoris]

That's why we said pre-1990. We thought WWII countries and then thought to not include wars at all. We figured we had to go back to the 1500s or something under British rule maybe.

 

I don't know.

There's a whole boatload of African countries that have disappeared. Zanzibar used to be it's own country, for instance. There was, briefly, an independent Transvaal too, I think.

 

Edit: Not to mention the umpteen countries that were subsumed into Germany and Italy. I guess that's not dissolution per se but subsumation (or something)

Edited August 18, 2010 by Ursa Majoris

[The Holy Roller]

Historical inaccuracy offends me.

 

Of course, historical inaccuracy comes naturally to someone who thinks the North started and lost the Civil War.

 

This made me laugh out loud.

[TimC]

I think we found out how to piss off Ursa.

 

Yugoslavia and Chekovslavia was crappy and talked funny like the Soviet Union so we included them in there. Yugoslavia was invaded by the Soviets enough.

[Pope Flick]

Yugoslavia and Chekovslavia was crappy and talked funny like the Soviet Union so we included them in there. Yugoslavia was invaded by the Soviets enough.

 

 

When? Where? Fort Sumter?

[TimC]

Historical inaccuracy offends me.

 

Of course, historical inaccuracy comes naturally to someone who thinks the North started and lost the Civil War.

 

Well most Yankees think yous guys fought it to free the slaves.

[Hugh 0ne]

Chechoslavia also split in 2.

 

The Czech Republic and Slovakia, as any good hackey fan would know.

[wiegie]

http://geography.about.com/cs/countries/a/newcountries.htm

[CaP'N GRuNGe]

http://geography.about.com/cs/countries/a/newcountries.htm

 

New Countries of the World

The 33 New Countries Created Since 1990

By Matt Rosenberg, About.com Guide

Jul 15 2010

 

Since 1990, 33 new countries have been created. The dissolution of the USSR and Yugoslavia in the early 1990s caused the creation of most of the newly independent states.

 

You probably know about many of these changes but a few of these new countries seemed to slip by almost unnoticed. This comprehensive listing will update you about the countries which have formed since 1990.

 

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

 

Fifteen new countries became independent with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Most of these countries declared independence a few months preceding the fall of the Soviet Union in late 1991.

 

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Estonia

Georgia

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lithuania

Moldova

Russia

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

 

Former Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia dissolved in the early 1990s into five independent countries.

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 29, 1992

Croatia, June 25, 1991

Macedonia (officially The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) declared independence on September 8, 1991 but wasn't recognized by the United Nations until 1993 and the United States and Russia in February of 1994

Serbia and Montenegro, (also known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), April 17, 1992 (see below for separate Serbia and Montenegro entries)

Slovenia, June 25, 1991

 

Other New Countries

 

Thirteen other countries became independent through a variety of causes.

 

March 21, 1990 - Namibia became independent of South Africa.

May 22, 1990 - North and South Yemen merged to form a unified Yemen.

October 3, 1990 - East Germany and West Germany merged to form a unified Germany after the fall of the Iron Curtain.

September 17, 1991 - The Marshall Islands was part of the Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (administered by the United States) and gained independence as a former colony.

September 17, 1991 - Micronesia, previously known as the Caroline Islands, became independent from the United States.

January 1, 1993 - The Czech Republic and Slovakia became independent nations when Czechoslovakia dissolved.

May 25, 1993 - Eritrea was a part of Ethiopia but seceded and gained independence.

October 1, 1994 - Palau was part of the Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (administered by the United States) and gained independence as a former colony.

May 20, 2002 - East Timor (Timor-Leste) declared independence from Portugal in 1975 but did not became independent from Indonesia until 2002.

June 3, 2006 - Montenegro was part of Serbia and Montenegro (also known as Yugoslavia) but gained independence after a referendum.

June 5, 2006 - Serbia became its own entity after Montenegro split.

Febraury 17, 2008 - Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia.

[TimC]

•September 17, 1991 - Micronesia, previously known as the Caroline Islands, became independent from the United States.

 

Interesting.

[Hugh 0ne]

http://geography.about.com/cs/countries/a/newcountries.htm

 

Nice work Irish.

[CaP'N GRuNGe]

Nice work Irish.

 

Please, call me Chappy.

[Perchoutofwater]

Historical inaccuracy offends me.

 

Of course, historical inaccuracy comes naturally to someone who thinks the North started and lost the Civil War.

 

I'm sure if Iran had a military base right outside of Chicago you would be fine with it.

[wiegie]

I'm sure if Iran had a military base right outside of Chicago you would be fine with it.

dude, you are slipping--Iran already has a base INSIDE of chicago

 

link

[Perchoutofwater]

dude, you are slipping--Iran already has a base INSIDE of chicago

 

link

 

Nice!

[Ursa Majoris]

Yugoslavia was invaded by the Soviets enough.

Only once in order to help with clearing out the Germans and then they withdrew, something they didn't do anywhere else. Stalin was very well aware that Tito and his partisans were not to be trifled with.

 

The Yugoslav Partisans were able to expel the Axis from Serbia in 1944 and the rest of Yugoslavia in 1945. The Red Army provided limited assistance with the liberation of Belgrade and withdrew after the war was over. In May 1945, the Partisans met with allied forces outside former Yugoslav borders, after taking over also Trieste and parts of Austrian southern provinces Styria and Carinthia. However, the Partisans withdrew from Trieste in June of the same year.