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People's Republic Of Kalmykia (Russia) In 1945 there were 71 Tatarstan (Russia) sovereign nations. In Mordovia (Russia) Bashkortostan (Russia) 2010, due to the dissolution Udmurtia (Russia) of European colonial empires Idel-Ural/Udmurtia (Russia) and the fracturing of the USSR, Basque Country (France, Spain) Chuvashia/Idel-Ural (Russia) Brittany (France) there were 206. This map Lezghins (Azerbaijan, Russia, others) County of Nice (France) Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Azerbaijan) seeks to list and locate current Savoy (France) Republic of Talysh-Mughan (Azerbaijan) Alsace (France) independence movements. It Aosta Valley (Italy) Komi Rep (Russia) Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Normandy (France) Lombardy (Italy) Siberian Rep (Russia) Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia (Bosnia and Herzegovina) focuses on peoples and areas Occitania (France, Monaco, Italy) seeking sovereignty and self- Padania (Italy) Altai Rep (Russia) AP Western Bosnia (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Insubria (Italy) Khakassia (Russia) determination rather than Scotland / Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK) Bay of Kotor (Montenegro) Cornwall + Isles of Scilly (UK) Trentino (Italy) Tuva (Russia) Albanians of Montenegro (Montenegro) autonomy within a larger state. England (UK) Republic of Venice (Italy) Buryatia (Russia) Herceg Novi (Montenegro) The motivations of the peoples Isle of Wight (UK) Emilia-Romagna (Italy) Prussia (Russia) United States of N Asia (Russia) Liguria (Italy) Sakha Rep (Russia) converge around cultural, Mercia [Midlands] (UK) Adygea (Russia) Yorkshire (UK) Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy) Karelia (Russia) ethnic, religious, linguistic, racial Basque Country (Spain) Umbria (Italy) Vojvodina (Serbia) Ulster (UK) Gagauzia (Moldova) Khorazm (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) Republic of Catalonia (Spain) South Tyrol (Italy) Northern Vojvodina (Serbia) and historical forces. There are Ireland (UK) Transnistria (Moldova) Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan) Val d'Aran/Occitania (Spain) Southern Italy (Italy) Sandžak (Serbia, Montenegro) no doubt errors and omissions Northern Isles (UK) Chechen Rep of Ichkeria (Russia) Valencian Community (Spain) Preševo Valley (Serbia) Assyria [Christian] (Iraq) Wales (UK) Kabardino-Balkaria (Russia) here, but we might look forward Aragon (Spain) Republic of Kosovo (Serbia) Salahuddin (Iraq) Galician Republic (Spain) Guernsey (UK) North Ossetia-Alania (Russia) Diyala (Iraq) to an additional 300 counties Crimea (Ukraine) Andalusia (Spain) Jersey (UK) Ingushetia (Russia) Turkmeneli (Iraq) Carpathian Ruthenia (Ukraine) in the future, in addition Socialist Republic of Asturias (Spain) Isle of Man (UK) Dagestan (Russia) Free Republic of Syria (Syria) United Badakhshan Peoples Republic (Tajikistan) to considerable tribal strife. Cantabria (Spain) Chameria (Greece) Circassia (Russia) Alemannic Separatism (Germany, France and Austria) Alawite State (Syria) Badakhshan Peoples Rep (Afghanistan) Castile and León (Spain) Illyrida (Macedonia) Caucasian Emirate (Russia) Flanders (Belgium) Ingria (Russia) Druze State (Syria) Hazaristan (Afghanistan) Alawitestan (Syria) Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft (Belgium) Upper Silesia (Poland) Moravia (Czech Republic) Jabal Al-Druze (Syria) Balochistan (Pakistan) Wallonia (Belgium, France, Germany) Latgale (Latvia) South Azerbaijan (Iran) Rep of Abkhazia (Georgia) South Turkmenistan (Iran) Rep. of Gilgit Baltistan (Pakistan) Quebec (Canada) Bavaria (Germany) Samogitia (Lithuania) Rep of South Ossetia (Georgia) Gilakistan (Iran) Pukhtunistan (Pakistan) Sindhudesh (Pakistan) Saskatchewan (Canada) Frisia (Germany, Netherlands) Székely Land (Romania) Javakhk Autonomous Entity (Georgia) Al-Ahwaz (Iran) Islamic Emirate of Waziristan (Pakistan) Alberta (Canada) Sápmi (Sweden, Norway, Finland)) Kurdistan (Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran) Luristan (Iran) Bornholm (Denmark) . Mazandaranistan (Iran) Western Canada (Canada) Faroe Islands (Denmark) Scania (Sweden) Far Eastern Rep (Russia) Qashqaistan (Iran) Cascadia (W Canada, NE US) Greenland (Denmark) Åland (Finland) Balochistan (Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan) Republic of Mongol (China) N. Arabia (Saudi Arabia) Alaska (USA) Manchukuo (China) Western Arabia (Saudi Arabia) Tibetan Empire (China) S. Arabia (Saudi Arabia) State of Judea (Israel) Wahhabistan (Saudi Arabia) People's Republic of the North Star (USA) State of Palestine (Israel) Federal Republic of Uyghurstan (China) Yi Autonomous Region [LoLo] (China) E. Arabia (Saudi Arabia) Free State Wyoming (USA) Jura (Switzerland) American Redoubt [ID, MO, WY] (USA) Hong Kong (China) Hindu Rep of Bangabhumi (Bangladesh) Free State New Hampshire (USA) Republic of Taiwan (China/Taiwan) Banga Sena (Bangladesh) Vermont Republic (USA) Corsica (France) Republic of Ezo (Japan) Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh) Nation of Hawaiʻi (USA) Republic of Lakotah (USA) Azores (Portugal) Sardinia (Italy) Republic of the Ryūkyūs (Japan) Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (Bangladesh) Balearic Islands (Spain) Republic of New Afrika (USA) Republic of Madheshstan (Nepal) Madeira (Portugal) Gibraltar (UK) Confederate States of America (USA) Hmong ChaoFa Federated State (Laos) Rakhine State [Arakan] (Myanmar) Aztlán (USA) Sicilia (Italy) Turkish Rep of N Cyprus (Cyprus) Arunachal Pradesh (India, Assam) Republic of Zo Asia (Myanmar) Republic of Texas (USA) Assam / Bodoland (India) Kachinland (Myanmar) Canary Islands (Spain) Republic of Kawthoolei (Myanmar) Martinique (France) Independent United States of Kashmir (India) Sahrawi Arab Dem Rep (Morocco) United Karenni Independent States (Myanmar) Nevis [St. Kitts and Nevis] (France) Kabyle (Algeria) Republic of Manipur (India) Chiapas (Mexico) Kukiland (Myanmar) Anguilla (UK) Cyrenaica (Libya) Khalistan (India) Mon State (Myanmar) Bermuda (UK) Toubouland (Libya) Zozam (India) Northern Mariana Islands (USA) Moskitia (Nicaragua, Honduras) N Arakan State, Arakan Federation (Myanmar) British Virgin Islands (UK) Tripolitania (Libya) Guam (USA) Federated Shan States (Myanmar) Cayman Islands (UK) Guanacaste (Costa Rica) Coptic Pharaonic Rep (Egypt) Bangasamoro (Philippines) Dhofar (Oman) Wa State (Myanmar) Montserrat (UK) Rep of Ababda (Egypt) Bangsamoro Republik (Philippines) Sovereign State of Zulia (Venezuela) Federated State of Zomi Asia (Myanmar) Bermuda (UK) Rep of Nubia (Egypt) Aden (Yemen) Tamil Eelam [inactive] (Sri Lanka) Pattani (Thailand, Malaysia) Peoples Republic of Nagaland (Myanmar, Assam, India) Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) Raizals of Archipelago of San Andrés (Colombia) South Yemen (Yemen) Greater Patani State (Thailand) Casamance (Senegal) Federated State of Zomi Asia (Myanmar, India) Puerto Rico (USA) Rep of Jubaland (Somalia) Tây Nguyên (Vietnam) US Virgin Islands (USA) Bioko (Equatorial Guinea) French Guiana (France) Maakhir (Somalia) Banaba Island (Kiribati) Azawad (Mali) St. Helena (UK) Puntland (Somalia) East Malaysia (Malaysia) N Regions (Ivory Coast) Rep of Somaliland (Somalia) Rep of Sarawak (Malaysia) West Papua (Indonesia) Republic of Arequipa (Peru) Agadez Dept (Niger) State of SW Somalia (Somalia) Kalimantan Borneo (Indonesia) Riau (Indonesia) N'Makiaute (Vanuatu) Biafra (Nigeria) Republik Maluku Selatan (Indonesia) Federation Na Griamel (Vanuatu) Democratic Rep of Bakassi (Nigeria) Zanzibar (Tanzania) Republic of Santa Cruz (Bolivia) French Polynesia (France) Igbo (Nigeria) Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) Anjouan (Comoros) American Samoa (USA) Arewa Rep (Nigeria) Mohéli / Mwali (Comoros) Pitcairn (UK) Rapa Nui (Chile) Rotuma (Fiji) Niger Delta Rep (Nigeria) Rodrigues Island (Mauritius) Mapuche Nation (Argentina, Chile) Ogoni (Nigeria) Réunion (France) New Caledonia (France) Oduduwa Rep of the Yorubas (Nigeria) Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea (Australia) República do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Republic of Ambazonia (Cameroon) Islamic State of Afaria (Ethiopia) República Riograndense (Brazil) Bakassi (Cameroon) Gambela Region (Ethiopia) Aboriginal Sovereignty (Australia) United States of Northeast (Brazil) Republic of Ogadenia (Ethiopia) Southern Cameroons (Cameroon) Murrawarri Republic (Australia) Republic of São Paulo (Brazil) Republic of Oromia (Ethiopia) Bas-Congo (Dem Rep of Congo) Independent Rep of Tigray (Ethiopia) Western Australia (Australia) Katanga (Demo Rep of Congo) Mombasa Rep (Kenya) Darfur (Sudan) Cabinda (Angola) Eastern Sudan (Sudan) South Island (New Zealand) Lunda Tchokwe Territory (Angola) Kordofan (Sudan) Māori people (New Zealand) ephemera14 / people's republic of... 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