The Shortest-Lived Countries In History

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History tells us that every country falls - eventually. Some manage to adapt and change over time and keep the same identity over centuries, but some… well they just weren’t long for this world. Today we’re going to examine the shortest-lived countries in history, which is actually a lot more complicated than it sounds.

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LINKS LINKS LINKS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition
https://africarenewal.un.org/en/magazine/south-sudan-worlds-youngest-nation-crossroads
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan
https://web.archive.org/web/20181008022704/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/report-400000-excess-deaths-south-sudan-58090309
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Yoshinobu#Sh%C5%8Dgun_(1866%E2%80%931867)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ezo
https://oxfordre.com/latinamericanhistory/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.001.0001/acrefore-9780199366439-e-809?p=emailAKJ7DuKg7zTb.&d=/10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.001.0001/acrefore-9780199366439-e-809
https://scalawagmagazine.org/2018/06/blind-spots-selective-memory-in-brazilian-and-u-s-histories/
https://oxfordre.com/latinamericanhistory/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.001.0001/acrefore-9780199366439-e-809?d=%2F10.1093%2Facrefore%2F9780199366439.001.0001%2Facrefore-9780199366439-e-809&p=emailA48hKkA0x7mZs#acrefore-9780199366439-e-809-div1-5
https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/louis_riel/life_events.html
https://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/06273.MNS.1885.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War#secession


TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:22 - What Is A Country?
3:58 - On South Sudan
4:55 - Republic of Ezo
7:14 - The Juliana Republic
10:20 - Provisional Government of Saskatchewan
12:23 - The Palmetto Republic
13:54 - Russian Democratic Federative Republic
15:32 - Republic of Texas Redux
17:51 - Sponsor - Brilliant