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# see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_date_of_formation
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# a < b / c a splits into b and c
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# a / b > c a and b join as c
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# a + b a joins b
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# a - b b splits from a
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# a = b a becomes b
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# a * b b becomes independent from a
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1910-08-22 Korea + Japan
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1939-06-23 Siam = Thailand
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1970-01-75 Biafra + Nigeria
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1970-06-04 United Kingdom * Tonga
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1970-10-10 United Kingdom * Fiji
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1971-09-01 United Arab Republic = Egypt
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1971-09-03 United Kingdom * Qatar
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1971-12-01 Trucial States < Abu Dhabi / Ajman / Dubai / Fujairah / Ras al-Khaimah / Sharjah / Umm al-Quwain
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1971-12-02 Abu Dhabi / Ajman / Dubai / Fujairah / Sharjah / Umm al-Quwain > United Arab Emirates
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1971-12-16 United Kingdom * Bahrain
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1971-12-16 Pakistan - Bangladesh
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1972-02-11 Ras al-Khaimah + United Arab Emirates
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1972-05-22 Ceylon = Sri Lanka
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1973-06-01 British Honduras = Belize
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1973-07-10 United Kingdom * Bahamas
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1974-02-07 United Kingdom * Grenada
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1974-06-29 Tanna + New Hebrides
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1974-09-10 Portugal * Guinea-Bissau
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1975-04-17 Khmer Republic = Kampuchea
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1975-05-16 Sikkim + India
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1975-06-25 Portugal * Mozambique
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1975-07-05 Portugal * Cape Verde
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1975-07-06 France * Comoros
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1975-07-12 Portugal * São Tomé and Príncipe
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1975-09-16 Australia * Papua New Guinea
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1975-08-01 Portugal - Cabinda
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1975-11-11 Portugal * Angola
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1975-11-11 Cabinda + Angola
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1975-11-25 Netherlands * Suriname
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1975-11-30 Dahomey = Benin
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1976-01-01 Gilbert and Ellice Islands < Ellice Islands / Gilbert Islands
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1976-06-29 United Kingdom * Seychelles
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1976-07-02 North Vietnam / South Vietnam > Vietnam
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1977-06-27 French Afar and Issas = Djibouti
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1978 Pacific Islands - Northern Mariana Islands
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1978-07-07 United Kingdom * Solomon Islands
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1978-10-01 Ellice Islands = Tuvalu
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1978-11-03 United Kingdom * Dominica
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1979 French Southern and Antarctic Territories < Adélie Land / French Southern Territories
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1979-02-22 United Kingdom * Saint Lucia
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1979-06-01 Rhodesia = Zimbabwe Rhodesia
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1979-07-12 Canton and Enderbury Islands / Gilbert Islands > Kiribati
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1979-10-01 Panama Canal Zone + Panama
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1979-06-01 Zimbabwe Rhodesia = Southern Rhodesia
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1980-04-18 Southern Rhodesia = Zimbabwe
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1980-05-26 Tafea + New Hebrides
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1980-07-24 Vemerana + New Hebrides
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1980-07-30 New Hebrides = Vanuatu
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1982-08-13 Rwenzururu + Uganda
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1983-09-19 Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla < Anguilla / Saint Kitts and Nevis
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1984-01-01 United Kingdom * Brunei
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1984-08-04 Upper Volta = Burkina Faso
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1986 Johnston Island / Midway Islands / United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands / Wake Island > United States Minor Outlying Islands
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1986-01-01 Netherlands Antilles - Aruba
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1986-10-21 Pacific Islands - Marshall Islands
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1986-11-03 Pacific Islands - Micronesia
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1989-05-01 Kampuchea = Cambodia
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1989-06-18 Burma = Myanmar
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1990-03-11 Soviet Union - Lithuania
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1990-05-04 Soviet Union - Latvia
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1990-05-21 South Africa - Namibia
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1990-05-22 North Yemen / South Yemen > Yemen
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1990-10-03 East Germany / West Germany > Germany
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1991 Neutral Zone + Iraq / Saudi Arabia
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1991-04-08 Soviet Union - Georgia
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1991-06-25 Yugoslavia - Slovenia
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1991-08-20 Soviet Union - Estonia
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# The Byelorussian and Ukrainian SSRs had their own
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# ISO 3361-1 codes, being members of the United Nations
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1991-08-24 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic = Ukraine
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1991-08-25 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic = Belarus
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1991-08-27 Soviet Union - Moldova
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1991-08-30 Soviet Union - Azerbaijan
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1991-08-31 Soviet Union - Kyrgyzstan
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1991-09-01 Soviet Union - Uzbekistan
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1991-09-08 Yugoslavia - Macedonia
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1991-09-09 Soviet Union - Tajikistan
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1991-09-23 Soviet Union - Armenia
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1991-10-08 Yugoslavia - Croatia
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1991-10-27 Soviet Union - Turkmenistan
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1991-12-16 Soviet Union - Kazakhstan
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1991-12-25 Soviet Union = Russia
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1992-03-01 Yugoslavia - Bosnia and Herzegovina
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1993-01-01 Czechoslovakia < Czech Republic / Slovakia
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1994-04-27 Bophuthatswana / Ciskei / Transkei / Venda + South Africa
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1994-10-01 Pacific Islands = Palau
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1997 Metropolitan France + France
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1997-05-17 Zaire = Democratic Republic of the Congo
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1998-12-24 Bougainville + Papua New Guinea
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2000-02-06 Chechnia + Russia
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2002-03-10 Anjouan / Mohéli + Comoros
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2002-05-20 East Timor = Timor-Leste
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2003-02-04 Yugoslavia = Serbia and Montenegro
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2006-06-05 Serbia and Montenegro < Serbia / Montenegro
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2008-02-17 Serbia - Kosovo
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2010-10-10 Netherlands Antilles < Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba / Curaçao / Sint Maarten
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2011-07-09 Sudan - South Sudan
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2012-04-06 Mali - Azawad
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