Short-Lived Countries by SheahanJ

The state informally known as the Salo Republic, which lasted from September 1943 until April 1945, was ruled for the entirety of its existence by what man?

On December 19, 1963, it became the 37th post-colonial African nation to achieve independence. Five months and one bloody revolution later, it achieved un-independence.

Formerly the easternmost region of Czechoslovakia, it was an independent nation for exactly one day, on March 15, 1939. Since then, it has been part of Hungary, the USSR, and Ukraine.

The short-lived anarchist republic of Libertatia, founded by 17th-century English pirates (and which may not have actually ever existed) was supposedly located on what island?

The one proclaimed by Cola di Rienzo lasted for eight months in 1347, the one founded by Napoleon lasted for two years, and the most recent one lasted for six months in 1849. What historically-significant name did all of these revolutionary states share?

The 1839 War of the Confederation brought an end to a brief political union between what two South American countries?

The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a German client state created during the final months of World War I, was mostly located within the borders of what present-day nation?

What European microstate was created by the Treaty of Fontainebleau in April 1814, but effectively ceased to exist 300 days later, after the departure of its first (and only) monarch?

During the English civil war of 1642-49, most of Ireland was under the control of an independent Catholic government, which would mark Ireland's last sustained period of self-rule until the 20th century. By what name is this state usually known? (It was named for a city in Leinster, not the beer).

The secessionist Republic of Ezo, which lasted less than a year in 1869, is considered the first example of democratic government in the history of what country?

The United Arab States, which lasted from 1958 until 1961, was a short-lived attempt at a political union between what three non-contiguous Middle Eastern countries?

A short-lived republic led by Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara for several months in 1813 was the first independent state to be known by what name? Its better-known successor state was independent between 1836 and 1846, and (briefly) again in 1861.