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Location of the claimed territory of Liberland in Europe Flag of Liberland Vít Jedlička, founder and president of Liberland. Liberland, also known as the Free Republic of Liberland, is a micronation promoted by Czech right-libertarian politician and activist Vít Jedlička, [1] [2] who began claiming in 2015 an uninhabited stretch of floodplain on the Croatian bank of the Danube (known as ...
The Free Republic of Congo continued to gain strength throughout the winter. [20] On 24 December, Stanleyville troops occupied Bukavu and arrested the local army commander. Jean Miruho , the Provincial President of Kivu , tried to intervene the next day, but he too was arrested by Gizenga's soldiers and sent to Stanleyville along with the ...
Free Republic is a moderated Internet forum and chat site for self-described conservatives, primarily within the United States. [1] It presents articles and comments posted pseudonymously by registered members, known as "Freepers", [ 2 ] using screen names.
The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje Vrijstaat [oːˈrɑɲə ˈvrɛistaːt]; Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat [uˈraɲə ˈfrəistɑːt]) was an independent Boer-ruled sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Empire at the end of the Second Boer War in 1902.
State of Franklin on U.S. map. The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin, Lost State of Franklin, or the State of Frankland) [a] was an unrecognized proposed state located in present-day East Tennessee, in the United States.
The Free Territory of Trieste [2] was an independent territory in Southern Europe between Northern Italy and Yugoslavia, facing the north part of the Adriatic Sea, under direct responsibility of the United Nations Security Council in the aftermath of World War II. For a period of seven years, it acted as a free city.
The only other attempt to formally create a republic occurred in Vologda Oblast when authorities declared their wish to create a "Vologda Republic" on 14 May 1993. This declaration, however, was ignored by Moscow and eventually faded from public consciousness. [110] Other attempts to unilaterally create a republic never materialized.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is, constitutionally, a semi-presidential republic [154] in which the president is the head of state, [155] elected by universal suffrage to a term of five years, [156] while the prime minister is the head of government [157] appointed by the president with the support of the majority party or coalition of ...