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Victoria 3 spans world history leading up to, during and following its namesake, the Victorian Era, from 1836 to 1936, and allows the player to control any one of over 100 countries that existed during that time period.
Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun is a grand strategy videogame by Paradox Entertainment (now known as Paradox Interactive), released in 2003. It covers primarily its namesake the Victorian period (1837–1901) and beyond, specifically 1836–1920 for the main game, and extends until 1936 if the expansion is installed.
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.
Around 60 countries gained independence from the United Kingdom throughout its history, the most in the world, followed by around 40 countries that gained independence from France throughout its history. [2] Over 50% of the world's borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. [3] [4] [5]
Equatorial Guinea (1810–1815) [3] Falkland Islands and Dependencies (1829–1831, 1832–1833, 1982) Formosa; Gobierno del Cerrito (1843–1851) Gonaïves, Haití. [4] Misiones; Paraguay (1873) Patagonia; Peru (1820–1822 during the Independence of Peru) Puna de Atacama (1839– ) Tierra del Fuego; Uruguay (Cisplatine War)
See List of country name etymologies#Netherlands for the etymology of "Holland". Overijssel: Dutch for "[Lands] across the IJssel river" (also Latin: "Transiselania") South Holland (Dutch: Zuid-Holland): Southern part of the region of Holland. See List of country name etymologies#Netherlands for the etymology of "Holland".
Victoria, Seychelles, capital of the country of Seychelles; Victoria, Gauteng, South Africa; Victoria Bay, a small cove in the Western Cape, South Africa; Lake Victoria, with its shoreline in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania; Victoria Falls, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe; Masvingo Province, previously Victoria Province, in Zimbabwe
This is a list of proposed state mergers, including both current and historical proposals originating from sovereign states or organizations.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 ...