User:Spesh531/List of proposed state mergers

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This is a list of proposed state mergers, including both current and historical proposals. The entities listed below differ from separatist movements in that they would form as a merger or union of two or more existing states, territories, colonies, or other regions, becoming either a federation, confederation, or other type of unified sovereign state.

Current

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Proposed state Components Notes Map
  Catalan Countries   Andorra
  Catalonia (part of Spain)
  Northern Catalonia (part of France)
  Valencian Community (part of Spain)
  Balearic Islands (part of Spain)
Proposed by Catalan separatists and most Catalan nationalists.  
File:Flag of the Commonwealth of Nations.svg Commonwealth Union   Antigua and Barbuda
  Australia
  The Bahamas
  Barbados
  Belize
  Canada
  Grenada
  Jamaica
  New Zealand
  Papua New Guinea
  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Saint Lucia
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  Solomon Islands
  Tuvalu
  United Kingdom
Brought up numerous times, especially in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom where pressure groups exist.  
  China   People's Republic of China
  Republic of China
  Iberia   Portugal
  Spain
Brought up multiple times throughout history, starting in the 18th Century. Still some minor support in both Spain and Portugal.[1]
  Ireland   Northern Ireland (part of United Kingdom)
  Republic of Ireland
It is a goal of Irish republicans and most Irish nationalists.
  Korea   North Korea
  South Korea
Korean Reunification has been a goal for both Koreas since the 1953 armistice agreement. South Koreans hope to end the dictatorship of the North and to bring families back together. It is also still a goal for North Koreans.
  Federal Republic of Macedonia   Republic of Macedonia
Bulgarian Macedonia.
Set for 2018 before Entered to the European Union.
  One-state solution   Israel
  Palestinian territories
Many Conflicts have happened in Israel and the Palestinian territories ever since the Jewish settled into Palestine. It has been a goal for the Jewish to keep their chosen land, but the Arabs also claim the territory as the state of Palestine.
  Peru-Bolivian Confederation   Bolivia
  Peru
Proposed by Ollanta Humala in 2011 to reestablish the confederation.[1]
  Federal Republic of Serbia   Serbia
  Republika Srpska (Part of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  Greater Romania   Romania
  Moldova
See also: Movement for the unification of Romania and Moldova
  Union State   Belarus

  Russia
May also include:
  Abkhazia
  Kazakhstan
  Kyrgyzstan
  Moldova
  Serbia
  South Ossetia
  Transnistria
  Ukraine

  United States of Africa Strictest definition includes members of the African Union (54):
  Algeria
  Angola
  Benin
  Botswana
  Burkina Faso
  Burundi
  Cameroon
  Cape Verde
  Central African Republic
  Chad
  Comoros
  Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Republic of the Congo
  Djibouti
  Egypt
  Equatorial Guinea
  Eritrea
  Ethiopia
  Gabon
  The Gambia
  Ghana
  Guinea
  Guinea-Bissau
  Ivory Coast
  Kenya
  Lesotho
  Liberia
  Libya
  Madagascar
  Malawi
  Mali
  Mauritania
  Mauritius
  Mozambique
  Namibia
  Niger
  Nigeria
  Rwanda
  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  São Tomé and Príncipe
  Senegal
  Seychelles
  Sierra Leone
  Somalia
  South Africa
  South Sudan
  Sudan
  Swaziland
  Tanzania
  Togo
  Tunisia
  Uganda
  Zambia
  Zimbabwe
May also include:
  Morocco
  Somaliland
Supported by Libya, Eritrea, Ghana, Senegal and Zimbabwe. South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria have shown less interest in the idea.[2]
  United States of Europe Strictest definition includes mrmbers of the European Union (27):

  Austria
  Belgium
  Bulgaria
  Cyprus
  Czech Republic
  Denmark
  Estonia
  Finland
  France
  Germany
  Greece
  Hungary
  Republic of Ireland
  Italy
  Latvia
  Lithuania
  Luxembourg
  Malta
  Kingdom of the Netherlands
  Poland
  Portugal
  Romania
  Slovakia
  Slovenia
  Spain
  Sweden
  United Kingdom

Historic

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21st Century

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Proposed state Components Time period Successful? Notes
  Cyprus   Republic of Cyprus
  Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
2004 No Rejected in a UN-sponsored referendum, with 64.90% approval from the Turkish Cypriot Community but only 24.17% from the Greek Cypriot Community.

20th Century

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Proposed state Components Time period Successful? Notes
  Arab Federation   Kingdom of Iraq
  Jordan
1958 Yes
(14 February 1958 - 2 August 1958)
An attempt to unify the two Hashemite kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan. While successful, the short-lived union was disestablished after a military coup deposed King Faisal II of Iraq.
  Arab Islamic Republic   Tunisia
  Libya
1974 No Proposed by Muammar Gaddafi.
  Balkan Federation   Yugoslavia
  Albania
  Bulgaria
1910 No
  Federation of Arab Republics   United Arab Republic

  Libya

Also invited:

  Iraq
  Sudan

1972-1977 No An attempt to build a Pan-Arab state.
  Franco-British Union   France
  United Kingdom
1956 No Proposed by French Prime Minister Guy Mollet during the Suez Crisis.
  Germany   East Germany
  West Germany
1990 Yes
  Greek-Serbian Federation   FR Yugoslavia
  Greece
  Macedonia
1992-2001 No A serious project proposed by Slobodan Milošević in 1992.
  Greek-Yugoslav confederation Strictest definition:

  Greece
  Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Loosest definition also includes:

  Albania
  Bulgaria
  Romania

1942-1944 No
  Międzymorze

  Belarus
  Czechoslovakia
  Ukraine
  Estonia
  Finland
  Hungary
  Latvia
  Lithuania
  Poland
  Romania
  Yugoslavia

November or December 1918 No Also called "Intermarum". Suggested shortly after World War I to combat the influences of Germany and Russia.
  North Borneo Federation   Kingdom of Sarawak
  British North Borneo
  Protectorate of Brunei
1956-1960 No
  Polish-Czechoslovak confederation   Poland
  Czechoslovakia
1939–1948 No A serious project proposed by Władysław Sikorski.
  Senegambia Confederation   Senegal
  Gambia
Between 1 January 1982 and 30 September 1989 Yes
(1 January 1982 - 30 September 1989)
Loose confederation was formed, but ended due to Gambia's lack of interest in integration.
  Tanzania   Tanganyika
  Zanzibar
1964 Yes
  Union of African States   Ghana
  Guinea
  Mali
1958 Yes
(23 November 1958 - 1962)
The Union fell apart in 1962, when Guinea started to reach out to the United States, against the Marxist leaning of the other partners, who were more oriented towards the Cold War adversary of the U.S., the Soviet Union.
  United Arab Republic   Egypt
  Syria
1958 Yes
(22 February 1958 - 28 September 1961)
A short-lived Pan-Arab state.
  United Arab States   United Arab Republic
  North Yemen
1958 Yes
(8 March 1958 - 26 December 1961)
Loose confederation between United Arab Republic and North Yemen.
  Vietnam   North Vietnam
  South Vietnam
1976 Yes
  Yemen   North Yemen
  South Yemen
1990 Yes

19th Century

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Proposed state Components Time period Successful? Notes
  (Absolute Monarchy: Black, White and red. Dictatorship: Black, red and orange) Greater German Empire (Not Nazi Germany)   Kingdom of Prussia
  South German Confederation
  Kingdom of Bavaria
  Kingdom of Württemberg
  Grand Duchy of Baden
  Grand Duchy of Hesse
 Alsace-Lorraine (Part of French Third Republic)
 (Grand duchy of) Luxembourg
  Duchy of Schleswig
  Duchy of Limburg
  Duchy of Brunswick
  Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  Duchy of Nassau
  Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
  Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
 Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (The duchy lost Saalfeld but gained Gotha and was renamed Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
  Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
  Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen (The family lost parts of the duchy in 1826 to the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha but gained the dukedom of Saxe-Altenburg in the same year.)
  Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
  Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
  (Duchy of) Anhalt-Dessau (Duchy of Anhalt from 1863)
  (Duchy of) Anhalt-Bernburg (to 1863)
  (Duchy of) Anhalt-Köthen (to 1847)
  Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
  Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
  Principality of Liechtenstein
  (Principality of) Hohenzollern-Hechingen (merged with Prussia in 1850)
  (Principality of) Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (merged with Prussia in 1850)
  Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont
  Principality of Reuss-Greiz
  Principality of Reuss-Gera
  Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
  Principality of Lippe
  Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg
  Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg
  Free City of Lübeck
  Free City of Frankfurt
  Free City of Bremen
  Free City of Hamburg
1815-1871 No The idea was conceived by the Austrians as an opposite foreign policy to that of Kingdom of Prussia, who just desired Lesser Germany, which was formed in 1871. Forming such an empire was very complex but the following set of steps and criteria was needed. Because Austria and Prussia did not fit inside the German confederation red line limits they both came up with their own ideas for the future of Germany. For Austria to form Greater Germany she would needed to have declared an illegitimate casus belli on the Prussian Kingdom for the principalities of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. These two small states were needed to create the South German Confederation which were not controlled by Austria but Prussia. Because Austrian Empire had influence over Bavaria, Wurttemberg and Baden, after Austria’s annexation of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; Austria would have forced them and donated their small piece of land, to create a satellite nation under their direct control. An alliance with France when going to war with Prussia would have helped greatly as well.

War with Denmark was required next to gain the German one of two reunification requirements, the first being the Duchy of Schleswig and the second being part of France itself; with the much needed imperial territory of Alsace-Lorraine. Because the German-Dualism and the future of the Germany was all about dominance over other countries; Austria needed to dominate Prussia for short period time. To influence it while being weak and not being on the world power list. What was very convenient at the time was that Prussian province of Silesia, which had the highest population and as a result the biggest industry of the kingdom was invested by Prussia greatly and was next to Austria itself. Taking this from Prussia would cause Austria to have a complete dominance over the historical modern Germany Empire as we knew it. What makes this idea so intriguing is the German Empire and Austrian Empire would be combined creating a super state. If this were to have happened the fate of Prussia itself is unknown, either it would be annexed by Austrian Emperor incorporating the entire territory into the archduke itself or the title would have been given to him making him the King of Prussia. The other states would remain the same. The total km2 of the empire would have been 1,239,557.54km2, while in square miles it would have been 478,596 sq mi. In comparison Mail is slightly bigger. If the merger were successful then the following title would be created for the emperor of the Germany this is listed below: His Imperial and Royal Majesty Franz Josef the first, by the Grace of God, Emperor of the Germans, King of (Prussia), Hungary, Bohemia, Lombardy, Venice, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria and Illyria; Archduke of Austria; Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cracow, Lower Rhine and of Posen, Sovereign and supreme Duke of Silesia and of the County of Glatz, Duke of Saxony of Westphalia, Angria, Pomerania, Lüneburg, Holstein and Schleswig, Magdeburg, Bremen, Guelders, Cleves, Jülich, Wends, Kassubes, Crossen, Lauenburg, Mecklenburg and Bergof, Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Bukovina, Modena, Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, Auschwitz, Zator, Teschen, Friuli, Ragusa (Dubrovnik), Zara (Zadar) and Upper and Lower Silesia; Grand Prince of Transylvania; Burgrave of Nuremberg, Landgrave of Hesse and Thuringia, Margrave of Moravia, Brandenburg, Upper and Lower of Lusatia and in Istria; Princely Count of Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg, Gorizia and Gradisca and Henneberg; Count of Hohenzollern, Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg, Mark, of Ravensberg, of Hohenstein, Tecklenburg and Lingen, of Mansfeld, Sigmaringen and Veringen; Prince of Trent (Trento), Brixen; Rügen, East Friesland, Paderborn, Pyrmont, Halberstadt, Münster, Minden, Osnabrück, Hildesheim, of Verden, Cammin, Fulda, Nassau and Moers, Lord of Frankfurt , Trieste, Cattaro (Kotor), and over the Windic march..

  Antillean Confederation   Cuba

  Puerto Rico
  Dominican Republic

1869 or 1870 No Proposed by Ramón Emeterio Betances.
  United States   United States
  Texas
1845 Yes
(1845–present)
See Texas annexation
  Peru–Bolivian Confederation   Bolivia
  Peru
1829–1839 Yes
(1836–1839)
  Scandinavia   Denmark
  Norway
  Sweden
Mid-19th Century. No
  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland   Kingdom of Great Britain
  Kingdom of Ireland
1800 Yes
(1801-1922)

18th Century

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Proposed state Components Time period Successful? Notes
  Kingdom of Great Britain   Kingdom of England
  Kingdom of Scotland
1707 Yes

16th Century

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Proposed state Components Time period Successful? Notes
  Polish–Lithuanian–Muscovite Commonwealth   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  Tsardom of Russia
1574-1658 No
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