Most Most Recent Previous Governing Powers (Done)
Most Most Recent Previous Governing Powers (Done)
What countries, new and old, are listed the most as the most recent previous governing power over a country? This includes occupiers as well as countries that were split into smaller countries.
Example: The Dominican Republic has been occupied by multiple governments, but was last governed by Haiti. And this is all according to wikipedia, because if you know anything about the history of Dominican Republic in the 20th century, you would seriously doubt wikipedia's answer. Anyway, this would add one tally to Haiti.
I clumped together a few countries that were technically different countries but occupy about the same space/power center. Like Kyle's first guess.
Points = 11-answer. One guess per round.
1. UK / Great Britain (Kyle, 10pts)
2. France (Mike, 9pts)
3. Russia / Soviet Union (Darcs, 8pts)
4. Germany (Darcs, 7pts)
5. United States (Eliahad, 6pts)
6. Spain (Mike, 5 pts)
7. Portugal (Eliahad, 4pts)
8. Yugoslavia (stopped existing in the 20th century, Eastern European country, split into 5 smaller countries)
9. The Ottoman Empire (Mike, 2pts)
10. The Federal Republic of Central America (existed from 1823 to 1841, North American country, Split into 4 smaller countries)
Score:
Mike: 16
Darcs: 15
Eliahad: 10
Kyle: 10
Example: The Dominican Republic has been occupied by multiple governments, but was last governed by Haiti. And this is all according to wikipedia, because if you know anything about the history of Dominican Republic in the 20th century, you would seriously doubt wikipedia's answer. Anyway, this would add one tally to Haiti.
I clumped together a few countries that were technically different countries but occupy about the same space/power center. Like Kyle's first guess.
Points = 11-answer. One guess per round.
1. UK / Great Britain (Kyle, 10pts)
2. France (Mike, 9pts)
3. Russia / Soviet Union (Darcs, 8pts)
4. Germany (Darcs, 7pts)
5. United States (Eliahad, 6pts)
6. Spain (Mike, 5 pts)
7. Portugal (Eliahad, 4pts)
8. Yugoslavia (stopped existing in the 20th century, Eastern European country, split into 5 smaller countries)
9. The Ottoman Empire (Mike, 2pts)
10. The Federal Republic of Central America (existed from 1823 to 1841, North American country, Split into 4 smaller countries)
Score:
Mike: 16
Darcs: 15
Eliahad: 10
Kyle: 10
Last edited by poorpete on Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:50 am, edited 10 times in total.
Re: Most Most Recent Previous Governing Powers
The United Kingdom (or England)
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France
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I feel dumb. I know what the number one answer is.
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The United States of Imposing Democracy on Others... I mean America.
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Russia/USSR
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Yeah, that one.
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Your first instincts were right
#1 UK - 53 countries (plus four partially run) including The United States (as Great Britain), Antiqua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Egypt, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, UAE, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, and more.
#2 France - 23 (plus two partially run) including Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Haiti, Lebanon, Madagascar, Tunisia, and more.
#3 Russia / Soviet Union 17 (plus one partial) including its federated states, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, North Korea. Surprisingly left out most within the Iron Curtain, guess they counted it as a sphere of influence over an occupation, and then there's Czechoslovakia, which would count if it still existed.
#5 United States - 6 or 7 countries, including Cuba, South Korea, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Philippines, and partial credit for Liberia which was unofficially officially kinda thing, and a few more as part of an Allied and United Nations force. Also seems to not count many of the invasions and occupations of Caribbean and other less overt
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#1 UK - 53 countries (plus four partially run) including The United States (as Great Britain), Antiqua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Egypt, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, UAE, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, and more.
#2 France - 23 (plus two partially run) including Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Haiti, Lebanon, Madagascar, Tunisia, and more.
#3 Russia / Soviet Union 17 (plus one partial) including its federated states, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, North Korea. Surprisingly left out most within the Iron Curtain, guess they counted it as a sphere of influence over an occupation, and then there's Czechoslovakia, which would count if it still existed.
#5 United States - 6 or 7 countries, including Cuba, South Korea, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Philippines, and partial credit for Liberia which was unofficially officially kinda thing, and a few more as part of an Allied and United Nations force. Also seems to not count many of the invasions and occupations of Caribbean and other less overt
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Spain
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Denmark
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Netherlands
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Portugal
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Spain is #6!
Argentina, Bolivia, Chilie, Columbia, Mexico, and Equatorial Guinea and partial for Morocco
Denmark
has one: for Iceland
Netherlands
has two: Indonesia and Suriname.
Sealand
Although Alexander Achenbach invaded the country in the late 70s, its government has not occupied another country nor broken itself up into tinier countries... yet.
Portugal is #7!
Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Princeipe and partial credit for Portugal
Germany is #4! Specifically Nazi Germany...
Albania, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and partial credit for Greece.
For the remaining three, some clues:
- The countries no longer exist.
- #8 stopped existing in the 20th century
- #9 stopped existing in the 20th century
- #10 I never heard of, existed from 1823 to 1841
Argentina, Bolivia, Chilie, Columbia, Mexico, and Equatorial Guinea and partial for Morocco
Denmark
has one: for Iceland
Netherlands
has two: Indonesia and Suriname.
Sealand
Although Alexander Achenbach invaded the country in the late 70s, its government has not occupied another country nor broken itself up into tinier countries... yet.
Portugal is #7!
Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Princeipe and partial credit for Portugal
Germany is #4! Specifically Nazi Germany...
Albania, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and partial credit for Greece.
For the remaining three, some clues:
- The countries no longer exist.
- #8 stopped existing in the 20th century
- #9 stopped existing in the 20th century
- #10 I never heard of, existed from 1823 to 1841
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The Ottoman Empire
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Ooooo....good call on Ottoman Empire.
I'm stuck on the 1823 - 1841 one. I'm going to guess Sardinia, but I bet it's wrong because I think Pete has heard of it. My hunch is that it's either a European country that is in present day Italy or German, or that it's something in/around India.
I'm stuck on the 1823 - 1841 one. I'm going to guess Sardinia, but I bet it's wrong because I think Pete has heard of it. My hunch is that it's either a European country that is in present day Italy or German, or that it's something in/around India.
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I have no clue on that one, but I'm sure the other missing one was a major player in WWI.
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