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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
countries but no longer exist but what
makes us both Americans just one thing
one we won the rulebook for this list
we’ll be looking at nations republics
states and countries that were divided
replaced absorbed or otherwise ceased to
be flags and all oh let’s go
you stay here diamond not likely number
10 the Vai Mar Republic from 1919 to
1933 Germany was unofficially called the
vie Mar Republic and officially
deutsches reich formed between the
second and third reich this attempt at a
republic was doomed from the start at
the end of the First World War
the Treaty of Delphi imposed harsh
penalties on Germany which contributed
to issues with hyperinflation and
warring communist and right-wing
nationalist paramilitary movements it
wasn’t all bad though as the government
ended up helping German currency and
railways and got out of most of the
imposed restrictions from the treaty but
it was all for naught however because
after the Reichstag fire a certain
Chancellor influenced the government to
call a state of emergency effectively
ending the Republic and beginning
germany’s nazi period number nine East
Germany after World War two Germany was
reeling from their losses and their
territory was divided up by the Allies
West Germany ultimately stayed connected
with the rest of Western Europe East
Germany officially the German Democratic
Republic or GDR was snatched up by the
USSR as a Soviet satellite state and was
occupied by Soviet forces for decades
they built the infamous Berlin Wall in
1961 to stop emigration and killed many
defectors despite having the best
economy of the Eastern Bloc states it
was a grim situation the Berlin Wall
finally came down in 1989 and a year
later as the USSR was
dying the GDR was absorbed into a
unified Democratic Germany number eight
Prussia Wow Germany’s had more names
than Puff Daddy this iteration was
called Prussia starting out as a Duchy
it became a kingdom in 1701 under
Frederick the first and became famous
for its military strength most notably
under Frederick the Great and Otto von
Bismarck at its peak pressure covered
parts of what are now eight European
countries after German unification in
1871 Prussia was the largest state in
the German Empire but ceased to be a
kingdom after World War one it later
lost independence after the Vimal
republic dismissed precious cabinet and
by 1934 their powers had been completely
stripped by the Nazis after World War
two the Allies effectively dissolved
Prussia with Poland and the USSR taking
the spoils and kicking the Germans out
number seven the United Arab Republic
this ill-fated project was a union
between Egypt and Syria the United Arab
Republic or uar was the first move
towards eventually forming a larger pan
Arab state it was also an attempt to
subdue that pesky communist influence in
the area the project was short-lived
though as Syria became independent again
in 1961 after a coup d’etat Egypt kept
the name uar for another 10 years before
realizing they weren’t united with
anyone they officially changed back to
Egypt in 1971 shortly after the death of
their president and founder of the uar
Gamal Abdel Nasser number 6
Ceylon just off the coast of India
Ceylon was the converted name given to
Sri Lanka after the Portuguese landed
there in the early 16th century like a
lot of countries during the Age of
Discovery and New Imperialism Ceylon
went through its fair share of European
overlords ending with the British who
consolidated rule over the island
starting in 1815 fast-forward to 1948
and Ceylon became a Dominion fully
independent of Britain but still
recognizing the British monarch it
stayed this way until 1972 when it
became a
and its name was changed to Sri Lanka
today Parliament plans to erase most
references to the country’s old name
number five
Czechoslovakia after the Central Powers
were defeated at the end of World War
one the austro-hungarian Empire was
dissolved and split into a bunch of
successor states one of these was
Czechoslovakia one of the few countries
in Europe that was a democratic republic
at the time they had a good thing going
until the Nazis gobbled it up and later
of course the Soviets during the Velvet
Revolution in 1989 the Czechs deposed
their government and restored their
democracy but things weren’t all rosy by
1993 nationalist tensions between Czechs
and Slovaks caused the country to
peacefully split into two the Czech
Republic in the West and Slovakia in the
East effectively making them checkmates
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number four Rhodesia starting out as the
British colony of Southern Rhodesia and
named after settle Rhodes the British
businessman who exploited the region
this South East African state had a
history mired in blood in 1965 the
minority whites
signed a declaration of independence
from the UK which was declared illegal
as Britain only allowed the majority to
make such a declaration after British
sanctions and a 15 year civil war
between Robert Mugabe Zanu Joshua nakumo
ZAPU and Ian Smith’s Rhodesian
government Rhodesia buckled universal
suffrage was granted and the state was
named Zimbabwe Rhodesia elections were
held in 1980 and Robert Mugabe and vanu
won the European name of Rhodesia was
replaced with just Zimbabwe and Mugabe
has been in control
first as Prime Minister and now as
president ever since number three the
Ottoman Empire within over 600 year
existence the Ottoman Empire’s run was
one of the longest in history the
Ottoman Empire I could get used to this
you know what this is what I want our
Empire to be about they officially ended
the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire by
taking Constantinople they annexed much
of the Middle East under Suleiman the
1st dominated the land surround
the Mediterranean Sea and were
instrumental in causing European nations
to modernize their weaponry they had a
good run
barring multiple genocides but political
ineptitude internal revolts and the
sheer vastness of the empire caused it
to decline allied with Germany during
World War one the lost saw the Empire
dismantled with the Turkish war of
independence the Sultanate was abolished
and the Republic of Turkey took the
Empire’s place while its legacy was
whittled down number two Yugoslavia
along with Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia was
another remnant of the old
austro-hungarian Empire unlike its peer
which adopted democracy Yugoslavia
became a kingdom that kingdom was
invaded by the Nazis in 1941 as was the
trend in Europe at the end of World War
two it became a socialist Federal
Republic unaffiliated with the USSR
under the leadership of yoseop Tito it
was a federation of six different
Republic’s that after Tito’s death in
1980 wanted independence because of
ethnic differences some republics
declared independence in the early 1990s
effectively dissolving Yugoslavia into
what is today seven different countries
including Croatia and Serbia the story
doesn’t end there though as the Yugoslav
wars unfortunately continued throughout
the 1990s before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions
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number one the Soviet Union the latter
half of the 20th century saw the planet
turn into a chessboard with America on
one side and the Soviet Union the
largest state in the world on the other
an ion Curtain has descended across the
continent and that division still exists
today along with the United States the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or
the USSR influenced world politics to
such an extent that the effects can
still be felt in our modern world with
areas like Asia South America the Middle
East North Africa and the Caribbean all
feeling the effects ultimately because
of economic failure most Soviet
satellite states in Eastern Europe
replaced their communist governments and
eventually the USSR’s republics followed
suit in the 90s instead you treat us as
Stooges for the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republic we just call them the
Russians at the same time they are now
15 independent states including the
territory that is Russia or the Russian
Federation which is the USSR’s legal
successor do you agree with our list
what are some other countries that have
left the map for more geographically
interesting top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you’re having a tea party no we’re
working out a land deal trap-jaw is
trying to get a variance to build an
unpermitted structure within 10 feet of
Optimus Prime’s property line
[Music]
Oh
now you live in them
now you don’t display method good
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
countries but no longer exist but what
makes us both Americans just one thing
one we won the rulebook for this list
we’ll be looking at nations republics
states and countries that were divided
replaced absorbed or otherwise ceased to
be flags and all oh let’s go
you stay here diamond not likely number
10 the Vai Mar Republic from 1919 to
1933 Germany was unofficially called the
vie Mar Republic and officially
deutsches reich formed between the
second and third reich this attempt at a
republic was doomed from the start at
the end of the First World War
the Treaty of Delphi imposed harsh
penalties on Germany which contributed
to issues with hyperinflation and
warring communist and right-wing
nationalist paramilitary movements it
wasn’t all bad though as the government
ended up helping German currency and
railways and got out of most of the
imposed restrictions from the treaty but
it was all for naught however because
after the Reichstag fire a certain
Chancellor influenced the government to
call a state of emergency effectively
ending the Republic and beginning
germany’s nazi period number nine East
Germany after World War two Germany was
reeling from their losses and their
territory was divided up by the Allies
West Germany ultimately stayed connected
with the rest of Western Europe East
Germany officially the German Democratic
Republic or GDR was snatched up by the
USSR as a Soviet satellite state and was
occupied by Soviet forces for decades
they built the infamous Berlin Wall in
1961 to stop emigration and killed many
defectors despite having the best
economy of the Eastern Bloc states it
was a grim situation the Berlin Wall
finally came down in 1989 and a year
later as the USSR was
dying the GDR was absorbed into a
unified Democratic Germany number eight
Prussia Wow Germany’s had more names
than Puff Daddy this iteration was
called Prussia starting out as a Duchy
it became a kingdom in 1701 under
Frederick the first and became famous
for its military strength most notably
under Frederick the Great and Otto von
Bismarck at its peak pressure covered
parts of what are now eight European
countries after German unification in
1871 Prussia was the largest state in
the German Empire but ceased to be a
kingdom after World War one it later
lost independence after the Vimal
republic dismissed precious cabinet and
by 1934 their powers had been completely
stripped by the Nazis after World War
two the Allies effectively dissolved
Prussia with Poland and the USSR taking
the spoils and kicking the Germans out
number seven the United Arab Republic
this ill-fated project was a union
between Egypt and Syria the United Arab
Republic or uar was the first move
towards eventually forming a larger pan
Arab state it was also an attempt to
subdue that pesky communist influence in
the area the project was short-lived
though as Syria became independent again
in 1961 after a coup d’etat Egypt kept
the name uar for another 10 years before
realizing they weren’t united with
anyone they officially changed back to
Egypt in 1971 shortly after the death of
their president and founder of the uar
Gamal Abdel Nasser number 6
Ceylon just off the coast of India
Ceylon was the converted name given to
Sri Lanka after the Portuguese landed
there in the early 16th century like a
lot of countries during the Age of
Discovery and New Imperialism Ceylon
went through its fair share of European
overlords ending with the British who
consolidated rule over the island
starting in 1815 fast-forward to 1948
and Ceylon became a Dominion fully
independent of Britain but still
recognizing the British monarch it
stayed this way until 1972 when it
became a
and its name was changed to Sri Lanka
today Parliament plans to erase most
references to the country’s old name
number five
Czechoslovakia after the Central Powers
were defeated at the end of World War
one the austro-hungarian Empire was
dissolved and split into a bunch of
successor states one of these was
Czechoslovakia one of the few countries
in Europe that was a democratic republic
at the time they had a good thing going
until the Nazis gobbled it up and later
of course the Soviets during the Velvet
Revolution in 1989 the Czechs deposed
their government and restored their
democracy but things weren’t all rosy by
1993 nationalist tensions between Czechs
and Slovaks caused the country to
peacefully split into two the Czech
Republic in the West and Slovakia in the
East effectively making them checkmates
[Music]
number four Rhodesia starting out as the
British colony of Southern Rhodesia and
named after settle Rhodes the British
businessman who exploited the region
this South East African state had a
history mired in blood in 1965 the
minority whites
signed a declaration of independence
from the UK which was declared illegal
as Britain only allowed the majority to
make such a declaration after British
sanctions and a 15 year civil war
between Robert Mugabe Zanu Joshua nakumo
ZAPU and Ian Smith’s Rhodesian
government Rhodesia buckled universal
suffrage was granted and the state was
named Zimbabwe Rhodesia elections were
held in 1980 and Robert Mugabe and vanu
won the European name of Rhodesia was
replaced with just Zimbabwe and Mugabe
has been in control
first as Prime Minister and now as
president ever since number three the
Ottoman Empire within over 600 year
existence the Ottoman Empire’s run was
one of the longest in history the
Ottoman Empire I could get used to this
you know what this is what I want our
Empire to be about they officially ended
the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire by
taking Constantinople they annexed much
of the Middle East under Suleiman the
1st dominated the land surround
the Mediterranean Sea and were
instrumental in causing European nations
to modernize their weaponry they had a
good run
barring multiple genocides but political
ineptitude internal revolts and the
sheer vastness of the empire caused it
to decline allied with Germany during
World War one the lost saw the Empire
dismantled with the Turkish war of
independence the Sultanate was abolished
and the Republic of Turkey took the
Empire’s place while its legacy was
whittled down number two Yugoslavia
along with Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia was
another remnant of the old
austro-hungarian Empire unlike its peer
which adopted democracy Yugoslavia
became a kingdom that kingdom was
invaded by the Nazis in 1941 as was the
trend in Europe at the end of World War
two it became a socialist Federal
Republic unaffiliated with the USSR
under the leadership of yoseop Tito it
was a federation of six different
Republic’s that after Tito’s death in
1980 wanted independence because of
ethnic differences some republics
declared independence in the early 1990s
effectively dissolving Yugoslavia into
what is today seven different countries
including Croatia and Serbia the story
doesn’t end there though as the Yugoslav
wars unfortunately continued throughout
the 1990s before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions
[Music]
number one the Soviet Union the latter
half of the 20th century saw the planet
turn into a chessboard with America on
one side and the Soviet Union the
largest state in the world on the other
an ion Curtain has descended across the
continent and that division still exists
today along with the United States the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or
the USSR influenced world politics to
such an extent that the effects can
still be felt in our modern world with
areas like Asia South America the Middle
East North Africa and the Caribbean all
feeling the effects ultimately because
of economic failure most Soviet
satellite states in Eastern Europe
replaced their communist governments and
eventually the USSR’s republics followed
suit in the 90s instead you treat us as
Stooges for the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republic we just call them the
Russians at the same time they are now
15 independent states including the
territory that is Russia or the Russian
Federation which is the USSR’s legal
successor do you agree with our list
what are some other countries that have
left the map for more geographically
interesting top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you’re having a tea party no we’re
working out a land deal trap-jaw is
trying to get a variance to build an
unpermitted structure within 10 feet of
Optimus Prime’s property line
[Music]
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