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How did Tobago feel about being the colony of a tiny vassal state of another country? That's not too flattering to the national ego, I bet...
wierdest, obcure countries in history?: odd nations that we forgot
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How did Tobago feel about being the colony of a tiny vassal state of another country? That's not too flattering to the national ego, I bet...
yet it was just one of dozens of small, utterly pointless states that pooped u pat the end of WW1
hardly obscure, but the idea of a ( originally) small spanish kingdom forging a medatarainian empire? of course, i mean the mighty kingdom of Aragon!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_Aragon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_Aragon
No-one's mentioned the Knights of St. John (aka The Knights Hospitaller) yet?
'Course you would first have to define exactly what were (are?) the Knights of St. John ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller
Were (are?) they are a financial organisation, a sovereign state(s), a religious order, a mercenary band or brothers? All of the above, no of the above?
'Course you would first have to define exactly what were (are?) the Knights of St. John ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller
Were (are?) they are a financial organisation, a sovereign state(s), a religious order, a mercenary band or brothers? All of the above, no of the above?
I love the picture of the mayor in the article - Is he posing for a hip hop album cover?
I'll add the Republic of Indian Stream, the Kingdom of La Gonave, and the Miskito Kingdom.
The best part is that they owned several islands in the Caribbean at a time when their only Old World territory was Malta. Maltese empire anyone?
Ah, and if you are going to mention the Order of St. John then of course you also have to mention those religious nutters, the Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem ...
aka The Teutonic Knights.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_knights
aka The Teutonic Knights.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_knights
The Italian Social Republic. A Nazi puppet state set up after Mussolini's first fall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Social_Republic
Subject of one of Pasolini's more controversial movies:
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salò,_or_the_120_Days_of_Sodom
on some people's lists as one of the most disturbing movies of all time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Social_Republic
Subject of one of Pasolini's more controversial movies:
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salò,_or_the_120_Days_of_Sodom
on some people's lists as one of the most disturbing movies of all time.
this stat is complietly ridiculouse:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand
and yet uttely hilariouse. Sadly, its first ruler, Paddy Roy Bates, died recently.
i actually have found a page dedicated to " micronations".......but i think i'll save most of the listed " states" for later.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand
and yet uttely hilariouse. Sadly, its first ruler, Paddy Roy Bates, died recently.
i actually have found a page dedicated to " micronations".......but i think i'll save most of the listed " states" for later.....
Well, they were (are?) more of the international corporation if anything, then anything approaching a nation-state.
Kingdom of Mann and the Isles
The Kingdom of the Isles comprised the Hebrides, the islands of the Firth of Clyde and the Isle of Man from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD. The islands were known to the Norse as the Suðreyjar, or "Southern Isles" as distinct from the Norðreyjar or Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland. The historical record is incomplete, and the kingdom was not a continuous entity throughout the entire period. The islands concerned are sometimes referred to as the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles, although only some of the later rulers claimed that title. At times the rulers were independent of external control, although for much of the period they had overlords in Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland or Orkney. At times there also appear to have been competing claims for all or parts of the territory. The islands involved have a total land area of over 8,300 square kilometres (3,205 sq mi) and extend for more than 500 kilometres (310 mi) from north to south.
The Kingdom of the Isles comprised the Hebrides, the islands of the Firth of Clyde and the Isle of Man from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD. The islands were known to the Norse as the Suðreyjar, or "Southern Isles" as distinct from the Norðreyjar or Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland. The historical record is incomplete, and the kingdom was not a continuous entity throughout the entire period. The islands concerned are sometimes referred to as the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles, although only some of the later rulers claimed that title. At times the rulers were independent of external control, although for much of the period they had overlords in Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland or Orkney. At times there also appear to have been competing claims for all or parts of the territory. The islands involved have a total land area of over 8,300 square kilometres (3,205 sq mi) and extend for more than 500 kilometres (310 mi) from north to south.
Kingdom of Lovely.
So obscure, it doesn't even have its own dedicated Wikipedia article!
So obscure, it doesn't even have its own dedicated Wikipedia article!
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And what about Quilombo dos Palmares? A kingdom of fugitive slaves that survived for 89 years in Portuguese Brazil.
Which reminds me of the later village of Canudos, a de facto utopian state in the Brasilian state of Bahia at the end of the 19th Century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canudos
Featured in the interesting and bloody novel "The War of the End of the World" by the Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa. And worth a read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_End_of_the_World