List of shortest-lived sovereign states
This is a list of the shortest-lived sovereign states.
List
Short and formal names |
Declared |
Dissolved |
Lifespan |
Predecessors |
Successors |
Notes |
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Russia – Russian Democratic Federative Republic |
January 19, 1918 |
0 days |
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
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– Emirate of Abu Dhabi |
December 1, 1971 |
December 2, 1971 |
1 day |
Trucial States |
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– Emirate of Ajman |
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Benin – Republic of Benin |
September 19, 1967 |
September 20, 1967 |
1 day |
Biafra |
Puppet state of Biafra |
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Carpatho-Ukraine |
March 15, 1939 |
March 16, 1939 |
1 day |
Czechoslovakia |
Kingdom of Hungary |
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Crimea – Republic of Crimea |
May 5, 1992 |
May 6, 1992 |
1 day |
Ukraine |
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Crimea – Republic of Crimea |
March 17, 2014 |
March 18, 2014 |
1 day |
Ukraine |
Russia |
Declared unilateral independence from Ukraine, which continues to claim it as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol. Recognized only by Russia. |
– Emirate of Dubai |
December 1, 1971 |
December 2, 1971 |
1 day |
Trucial States |
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Fujairah – Emirate of Fujairah |
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Galicia – Republic of Galicia |
June 27, 1931 |
June 28, 1931 |
1 day |
Kingdom of Spain |
Second Spanish Republic |
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– Emirate of Sharjah |
December 1, 1971 |
December 2, 1971 |
1 day |
Trucial States |
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– Emirate of Umm al-Quwain |
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Faroe Islands |
September 18, 1946 |
September 20, 1946 |
2 days |
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Mindanao – Federal Republic of Mindanao |
October 4, 1990 |
October 6, 1990 |
2 days |
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Somaliland – State of Somaliland |
June 26, 1960 |
July 1, 1960 |
5 days |
British Somaliland |
Somali Republic |
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Hungary – Hungarian People's Republic |
August 2, 1919 |
August 8, 1919 |
6 days |
Hungarian Soviet Republic |
Hungarian Republic |
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September 7, 1927 |
September 14, 1927 |
7 days |
Republic of China |
Created by Mao Zedong. |
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– Republic of Prekmurje |
May 29, 1919 |
June 6, 1919 |
8 days |
Austria-Hungary |
Kingdom of Hungary |
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Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
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– Democratic Republic of East Timor |
November 28, 1975 |
December 7, 1975 |
9 days |
Declared independence from Portugal, but was soon after annexed by Indonesia. Independence restored on May 20, 2002. |
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Alsace-Lorraine – Republic of Alsace-Lorraine |
November 10, 1918 |
November 22, 1918 |
12 days |
German Empire |
French Third Republic |
The state was proclaimed when the sovereignty of the region was being transferred. |
Connacht – Provisional Government of the Province of Connacht |
August 27, 1798 |
September 8, 1798 |
12 days |
Kingdom of Ireland |
Recognized only by the French First Republic. |
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Western Bosnia – Republic of Western Bosnia |
July 26, 1995 |
August 7, 1995 |
12 days |
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Louisiana – Republic of Louisiana |
December 29, 1860 |
February 8, 1861 |
13 days |
United States |
Confederate States |
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November 1, 1918 |
November 15, 1918 |
14 days |
Austria-Hungary |
Kingdom of Romania |
Recognized only by Hungary. |
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Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
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Georgia – Republic of Georgia |
January 19, 1861 |
February 4, 1861 |
16 days |
United States |
Confederate States |
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Please add Singapore (in white colour) |
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State of Singapore |
August 31, 1963 |
September 16, 1863 |
17 days |
Post-war Singapore |
Singapore in Malaysia |
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Soviet Slovakia |
June 16, 1919 |
July 7, 1919 |
21 days |
Czechoslovakia |
Czechoslovakia |
Puppet state of the Hungarian Soviet Republic |
Hungarian Soviet Republic |
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Republic of Kuwait |
August 4, 1990 |
August 28, 1990 |
24 days |
Kuwait |
Ba'athist Iraq |
Puppet state of Ba'athist Iraq. |
Republic of Alba (1944) |
October 10, 1944 |
November 2, 1944 |
24 days |
Italian Social Republic |
A local resistance against Italian fascism during World War II. The one of 20 Italian Partisan Republics |
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California Republic |
June 14, 1846 |
July 9, 1846 |
25 days |
Mexico |
United States |
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Bavarian Soviet Republic |
April 6, 1919 |
May 3, 1919 |
27 days |
Weimar Republic |
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Alabama – Alabama Republic |
January 11, 1861 |
February 8, 1861 |
28 days |
United States |
Confederate States |
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Florida – Republic of Florida |
January 10, 1861 |
29 days |
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Texas – Republic of Texas |
February 1, 1861 |
March 2, 1861 |
29 days |
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Mississippi – Republic of Mississippi |
January 9, 1861 |
February 8, 1861 |
30 days |
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State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs |
October 29, 1918 |
December 1, 1918 |
33 days |
Austria-Hungary |
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
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West Florida – Republic of West Florida |
September 23, 1810 |
October 27, 1810 |
34 days |
Spanish West Florida |
United States |
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Transcaucasian Federation – Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic |
April 22, 1918 |
May 28, 1918 |
36 days |
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
First Republic of Armenia |
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Azerbaijan Democratic Republic |
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Democratic Republic of Georgia |
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March 2, 1921 |
April 8, 1921 |
37 days |
Kingdom of Italy |
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Biak-na-Bato – Republic of the Philippines |
November 1, 1897 |
December 15, 1897 |
44 days |
Spanish East Indies |
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Sovereign Tagalog Nation |
First Philippine Republic |
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Republic of Ossola |
September 8, 1944 |
October 23, 1944 |
45 days |
Italian Social Republic |
A local resistance against Italian fascism during World War II. The one of 20 Italian Partisan Republics |
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Democratic Republic of Yemen |
May 21, 1994 |
July 7, 1994 |
47 days |
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Palmetto Republic – Republic of South Carolina |
December 20, 1860 |
February 8, 1861 |
50 days |
United States |
Confederate States |
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Saskatchewan – Provisional Government of Saskatchewan |
March 19, 1885 |
May 20, 1885 |
62 days |
Canada |
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Bangsamoro Republik – United Federated States of Bangsamoro Republik |
July 27, 2013 |
September 28, 2013 |
64 days |
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Spanish Haiti – Republic of Spanish Haiti |
November 30, 1821 |
February 9, 1822 |
71 days |
Santo Domingo |
Ozama and the Cibao |
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– Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah |
December 1, 1971 |
February 11, 1972 |
72 days |
Trucial States |
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Lower California – Republic of Baja California |
November 3, 1853 |
January 21, 1854 |
79 days |
Mexico |
Republic of Sonora |
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Komancza Republic |
November 4, 1918 |
January 23, 1919 |
80 days |
Second Polish Republic |
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Vemerana – Republic of Vemerana |
May 28, 1980 |
September 1, 1980 |
96 days |
New Hebrides |
Recognized only by France. |
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Azawad – Independent State of Azawad |
April 6, 2012 |
July 12, 2012 |
97 days |
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Tanna – Nation of Tanna |
May 24, 1974 |
June 29, 1974 |
97 days |
New Hebrides |
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Finland – Finnish Democratic Republic |
December 1, 1939 |
March 12, 1940 |
102 days |
Recognized only by the Soviet Union. Incorporated in 1940 as the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic. |
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Zanzibar – People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba |
January 12, 1964 |
April 26, 1964 |
104 days |
Sultanate of Zanzibar |
Recognized by most Eastern Bloc states. |
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Juliana Republic |
July 24, 1839 |
November 15, 1839 |
114 days |
Empire of Brazil |
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Moldavian Republic – Moldavian Democratic Republic |
December 15, 1917 |
April 9, 1918 |
115 days |
Russian Republic |
Kingdom of Romania |
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Sonora – Republic of Sonora |
January 10, 1854 |
May 8, 1854 |
118 days |
Lower California |
Mexico |
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Mexico |
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Hungary – Hungarian State |
April 14, 1849 |
August 13, 1849 |
121 days |
Hungarian Kingdom |
Hungarian Kingdom |
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Hungary – Hungarian People's Republic |
November 16, 1918 |
March 21, 1919 |
125 days |
Hungarian Kingdom |
Hungarian Soviet Republic |
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Mirdita – Republic of Mirdita |
July 17, 1921 |
November 20, 1921 |
126 days |
Principality of Albania |
Recognized only by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
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Soviet Hungary – Hungarian Soviet Republic |
March 21, 1919 |
August 1, 1919 |
133 days |
Hungarian People's Republic |
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Texas – Republic of Texas |
April 6, 1813 |
August 18, 1813 |
134 days |
New Spain |
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Syria – Arab Kingdom of Syria |
March 8, 1920 |
July 24, 1920 |
138 days |
State of Aleppo |
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State of Damascus |
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Jabal Druze State |
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Ezo – Republic of Ezo |
January 27, 1869 |
June 27, 1869 |
151 days |
Tokugawa Shogunate |
Empire of Japan |
Recognized by France and the United Kingdom. |
Formosa – Democratic State of Taiwan |
May 23, 1895 |
October 21, 1895 |
151 days |
Qing Dynasty |
Empire of Japan |
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January 8, 1919 |
June 11, 1919 |
154 days |
Austria-Hungary |
Czechoslovakia |
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West Ukrainian People's Republic |
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Cabinda – Republique du Kabinda |
August 1, 1975 |
January 4, 1976 |
156 days |
Cabinda Province |
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Arab Federation |
January 1, 1958 |
July 30, 1958 |
169 days |
Kingdom of Iraq |
Iraqi Republic |
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Zimbabwe Rhodesia – Republic of Zimbabwe Rhodesia |
June 1, 1979 |
December 12, 1979 |
194 days |
Rhodesia |
Southern Rhodesia |
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Hungary – Hungarian Republic |
August 8, 1919 |
February 29, 1920 |
205 days |
Hungarian People's Republic |
Kingdom of Hungary |
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SSR Abkhazia – Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia |
May 21, 1921 |
December 16, 1921 |
209 days |
Democratic Republic of Georgia |
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Tafea – Tafea Nation |
February 14, 1958 |
August 2, 1958 |
211 days |
New Hebrides |
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Genoa – Republic of Genoa |
April 26, 1814 |
January 7, 1815 |
211 days |
First French Empire |
Kingdom of Sardinia |
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Ukrainian State |
April 29, 1918 |
December 14, 1918 |
249 days |
Ukrainian People's Republic |
Directorate of Ukraine |
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Duchy of Courland and Semigallia |
March 3, 1918 |
November 18, 1918 |
260 days |
German Empire |
Latvian Provisional Government |
Client state of the German Empire |
Russian Republic |
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Lithuania – Kingdom of Lithuania |
February 16, 1918 |
November 9, 1918 |
266 days |
German Empire |
Lithuania |
Client state of the German Empire |
Russian Republic |
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West Ukraine – West Ukrainian People's Republic |
October 18, 1918 |
July 17, 1919 |
272 days |
Austria-Hungary |
First Czechoslovak Republic |
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Second Polish Republic |
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Kingdom of Romania |
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Ukrainian People's Republic |
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Goshen – State of Goshen |
October 24, 1882 |
August 6, 1883 |
286 days |
United States of Stellaland |
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White Ruthenian Democratic Republic – Belarusian People's Republic |
March 25, 1918 |
January 5, 1919 |
286 days |
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic |
The Rada of the BDR is the oldest existing government in exile. |
Second Polish Republic |
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Ukrainian People's Republic |
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Acre – Third Republic of Acre |
January 27, 1903 |
November 11, 1903 |
288 days |
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Rio Grande – Republic of the Río Grande |
January 17, 1840 |
November 6, 1840 |
294 days |
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Republic of Texas |
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United States of Belgium |
January 11, 1790 |
December 2, 1790 |
325 days |
Habsburg Monarchy |
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North Solomons – Republic of the North Solomons |
September 1, 1975 |
August 7, 1976 |
341 days |
Papua & New Guinea |
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Iranian Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan People's Government |
November 1945 |
November 1946 |
~1 year |
Pahlavi dynasty |
Puppet state of the Soviet Union |
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Stellaland – Republic of Stellaland |
July 26, 1882 |
August 6, 1883 |
1 year and 11 days |
United States of Stellaland |
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States used for comparison
Short and formal names |
Declared |
Lifespan |
Predecessors |
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– Republic of South Sudan |
July 9, 2011 |
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October 19, 1974 |
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– Republic of Kosovo |
February 17, 2008 |
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– Republic of Somaliland |
May 18, 1991 |