List of minor countries

This article lists **countries** with a minor importance and no significant part in any OverSimplified videos.

## Africa

### Enemies

 Kingdom of Italy

* Kingdom of Semien
* Emirate of Harar
* Kingdom of Kaffa
* Kingdom of Jimma

**Abyssinia**, officially known as the **Ethiopian Empire**, was a country in East Africa. It appeared in WW2 (Part 1), when Mussolini thought to himself if is there a not-yet colonized nation somewhere that is underdeveloped that the people would defend themselves with bows and arrows, and thus he "took" it. It also appeared in The Cold War (Part 2), where there was a conflict of the country itself between Somalia, had interestingly led the Ethiopian Empire switched sides from the United States to the Soviet Union, thus establishing Derg (or officially known as the Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia). Their current president is Sahle-Work Zewde.

## Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

 *د افغانستان دیموکراتیک جمهوریت (Pashto)
جمهوری دموکراتیک افغانستان (Dari Persian)
Республикам Демократии Афгонистон (Tajik)*

### Official language(s)

Pashto
Persian (as Dari)
Tajik

**Afghanistan**, officially the **Democratic Republic of Afghanistan**, was a mountainous desert landlocked country in Central Asia, east of Iran, northwest of Pakistan and also possessing a narrow 130-mile long panhandle in the northeastern part of the country, giving it a small 47-mile land border with China, and to the north of the country, three former Soviet republics border it, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1979, which lead to the Soviet-Afghan War, which lasted until 1989, when the Soviet Union withdrew from the country. The communist government was overthrown in 1992 and replaced by the Islamic State of Afghanistan. In 1996, the country was taken over by a terrorist organization known as the Taliban, who established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which was overthrown in 2001 following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. In responce to the attacks, the United States invaded Afghanistan after the Taliban disagreed to hand over the man responsible for orchestrating the attacks, Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda which is the terrorist group that was responsible for causing the attacks of September 11. Bin Laden was eventually found and killled in Pakistan in May 2011. As the war progressed, it became impossible for the U.S. Military to take over the country due to the Taliban using the mountainous terrain as an advantage. Eventually, the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021 after 20 years of fighting. The current acting president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is Amruallah Saleh and the current leader of the Taliban is Hibatullah Akhundzada.

## British Indian Empire

 *ब्रिटिश भारतीय साम्राज्य (Hindi)
برطانوی ہندوستانی سلطنت (Urdu)*

### Capital

Calcutta (1858-1911)
New Delhi (1911-1947)

### Official language(s)

Hindustani
English
many others

### Friends

* United Kingdom
* United States
* Japan (after WW2)
* Russian Empire
* Soviet Union
* Afghanistan (from 1919)

### Enemies

* Empire of Japan (WW2)
* Afghanistan (until 1919)
* China

The **British Raj**, also known as **British India** and officially the **British Indian Empire**, was a colony of the United Kingdom consisting of the territory of modern day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar/Burma that existed from 2 August, 1858 to August 15, 1947, when the colony was partitioned into two independent countries, India and Pakistan, while Burma remained in British hands before achieving its own independence on 4 January 1948.

### Official language(s)

Persian

**Iran**, officially the **Imperial State of Iran** and formerly known as **Persia**, was a country in Western Asia, bordering Turkey and Iraq to the west, and Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, to the north it borders the Caspian Sea and three former Soviet republics, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, to the south, it borders the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea. In the Cold War, it was occupied by both the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. With an agreement to pull out once WW2's over, After WW2 was over, the British pulled out but Joseph Stalin made the Soviet Union stick around, but pressure from the United Nations forced the Soviets to leave. Since 1979, the country's official name has been the **Islamic Republic of Iran**. Their current Supreme Leader is Ali Khamenei and their current president is Ebrahim Raisi.

## State of Israel

 *מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ (Hebrew)
دولة إسرائيل (Arabic)*

### Capital

Jerusalem (de facto)
Tel Aviv (de jure)

### Official language(s)

Hebrew

**Israel**, officially the **State of Israel**, is a country in Western Asia. It borders the Mediterranean and Red Seas, has two claimed territories, the West Bak and Gaza Strip, which together make up the de jure State of Palestine. It also borders Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt. It is also notable for being the only country in the world where the Jewish population outnumbers everyone else in the country.

### Enemies

Almost everyone else

**North Korea**, officially the **Democratic People's Republic of Korea**, is a country in East Asia. It was formed in September 9, 1948, after the end of WW2. During the Cold War, North Korea invaded South Korea and started the Korean War with the support of the Soviet Union. It nearly conquered all of the south, but it was pushed back by United Nations' forces led by the United States of America. Communist China sent soldiers of their own to aid North Korea and pushed the UN forces back to the 38th parallel. After an armistice agreement was signed, the Korean War ended on July 27, 1953. Their current Supreme Leader is Kim Jong-un.

### Enemies

* North Korea
* China

**South Korea**, officially the **Republic of Korea**, is a country in East Asia. It was once ruled by a ruthless dictator who dreamed of reuniting Korea under his rule. South Korea is more democratic than North Korea. Their current president is Yoon Suk Yeol.

## United Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Bangladesh

 *متحدہ اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان اور بنگلہ دیش (Urdu)
ইউনাইটেড ইসলামিক রিপাবলিক অফ পাকিস্তান এবং বাংলাদেশ (Bengali)*

### Capital

Karachi (1947-1959)
Rawalpindi (1959-1967)
Islamabad (1967-1971)

### Official language(s)

Urdu
English
Bengali
many others

### Friends

* United States
* Japan
* Soviet Union
* EU
* NATO
* China

### Enemies

* India
* Israel
* Bangladesh

The **United Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Bangladesh** (known as the **Dominion of Pakistan** from 1947-1956) was a country in South Asia. It gained its independence from the United Kingdom on the same day as India on August 15, 1947, initially as a dominion of the British Commonwealth, and became an islamic republic in 1956. The union came to an end in 1971 when Bangladesh declared independence and fought a nine month war of independence, which resulted in Bangladesh gaining independence, with modern-day Pakistan succeeding the union.

### Friends

* China

 Soviet Union

### Enemies

* South Vietnam

 United States

**North Vietnam**, officially the **Democratic Republic of Vietnam**, was a socialist state in Southeast Asia. It declared independence from France in 1945 and fought the First Indochina War against France. They won the war in 1954, leading to the division of Vietnam between them and the anti-communist South Vietnam. The Vietnam War began soon after as the North Vietnamese fought against the Americans, South Vietnamese and their allies. The United States withdrew its troops from South Vietnam in 1973, allowing North Vietnam to win the war in 1975, resulting in Vietnam being reunified under a communist government.

## Republic of Vietnam

 *Việt-Nam Cộng-Hòa *(Vietnamese)*
République du Viêt Nam *(French)**

### Enemies

* China

 Soviet Union

* North Vietnam

**South Vietnam**, officially the **Republic of Vietnam**, was a country in Southeast Asia. It gained independence from France in 1954, but Vietnam was soon divided between it and the communist North Vietnam and it fought against the North whilst being backed by the United States and its allies in what we know of as the Vietnam War. The war finally ended in 1975 when the North Vietnamese captured the southern capital of Saigon (renamed to Ho Chi Minh City). After the war, many South Vietnamese refugees fled to countries like the United States and others.

## Socialist Republic of Vietnam

 *Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam *(Vietnamese)**

### Official language(s)

Vietnamese

* South Vietnam

**Vietnam**, officially the **Socialist Republic of Vietnam**, is a country in Southeast Asia. Vietnam in its current form was established in 1975 after the Vietnam War ended when the North Vietnamese defeated the South and united the country under a communist government. When the Cold War was coming to an end, rather than overthrowing their communist government, they started to introduce elements of capitalism into their economy, similar to what China was doing. Vietnam restored diplomatic relations with the United States in 1995, and now the United States and Vietnam are now friendly allies. Their current president is Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

## Albanian Kingdom

 *Mbretëria Shqiptare *(Albanian)**

Albania before being occupied by Italy

### Enemies

Kingdom of Italy

**Albania**, officially the **Albanian Kingdom**, was a country in Southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Italy wanted to control the Adriatic Sea, so it occupied Albania.

### Capital

* Berlin (*de jure*)
* Frankfurt (American zone)
* Bad Oeynhausen (British zone)
* Baden-Baden (French zone)
* East Berlin (Soviet zone)

### Official language(s)

German
English (US & UK sectors)
French (French sector)
Russian (Soviet sector)

### Friends

* United States
* United Kingdom
* France

### Enemies

Soviet Union (secretly)

* East Germany
* Saar Protectorate

**Allied-occupied Germany** was the Allies' occupation zones of former Nazi Germany. The west, under the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, united to form West Germany, while the east, controlled by the Soviets, became East Germany.

## Czechoslovak Republic (1948–1960)Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1960–1990)

 *Československá republika *(1948–1960)*
Československá socialistická republika *(1960–1990)**

### Official language(s)

Czech and Slovak

> “Sorry, America. I can't come.„
>
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>  – Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, The Cold War (Part 1)
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The **Czechoslovak Socialist Republic** was a puppet state of the Soviet Union that existed from 1948 to 1990. During the Cold War, the USA offered it the Marshall Plan, but refused because Stalin did not allow them to get it. Since it was a puppet state, it didn’t actually support the Soviets. Like the other Soviet satellite states, their communist government was overthrown as part of the Velvet Revolution and the Revolutions of 1989 and the country transitioned to democracy and was renamed the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic. On New Year's Day, 1993, the country peacefully split into the Czech Republic (also known since 2016 as Czechia) and Slovakia.

## Free City of Danzig

 *Freie Stadt Danzig (German)
Wolne Miasto Gdańsk (Polish)*

### Official language(s)

German
Polish

### Friends

* Poland (before 1939)
* United Kingdom (before 1939)
* France (before 1939)
* United States (before 1939)
* Nazi Germany (from 1939)

### Enemies

* Poland (from 1939)
* United Kingdom (from 1939)
* France (from 1939)

The **Free City of Danzig** was a sovereign city state consisting of the city of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 surrounding towns and villages that existed from it gaining independence from the German Empire in 1920, to being annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of WW2. It was nestled between Poland to the west and south and the Weimar Republic exclave of East Prussia to the east. When Poland became independent from Russia in 1918, it was given the Prussian province of West Prussia so it could have a corridor to the sea, while Danzig was technically independent, it was under the economic control of Poland so it could have a port on the Baltic, which was crucial for its economic development. When Nazi Germany invaded Poland at the start of World War II, the Free City of Danzig was re-annexed by Germany, but at the end of the war, it was taken over by Poland and renamed to Gdańsk.

### Enemies

 Soviet Union (secretly)

The **People's Republic of Bulgaria** was a country in Eastern Europe. It was part of the Soviet Union's Warsaw Pact. Elections in 1990 turned it into present-day Bulgaria.

## Polish People's Republic

 *Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa *(Polish)**

### Official language(s)

Polish

The **Polish People's Republic** was a country in Eastern Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989. After Nazi Germany lost WW2, the split-up Polish Republic was completely given to the Soviet Union, which made it a puppet state and forced Communism upon them. Many Poles didn't approve of the Soviet dictatorship, so many protest began. The Soviets forced them to stop using the Red Army, and so Poland secretly hated the USSR.

### Enemies

Warsaw Pact

**Portugal**, officially the **Portuguese Republic**, is the westernmost country on the European continent. They were briefly seen in WW1 as a member of the Allies and in the Cold War as a member of NATO.

## Roman Empire

 ***S**enatus **P**opulus**q**ue **R**omanus *(Latin)*
Imperium Romanum *(Latin)*
Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων *(Ancient Greek)**

### Capital

* Rome (*de facto* and *de jure* from 27 B.C. to A.D. 286, only *de jure* from A.D. 286 to A.D. 476)
* Mediolanum (A.D. 286–A.D. 402, Western)
* Ravenna (A.D. 402–A.D. 476, Western)
* Nicomedia (A.D. 286–A.D. 330, Eastern)
* Constantinople (A.D. 330–A.D. 1453, Eastern)

### Land area

5,000,000 km2 (1,900,000 sq mi) (as of A.D. 117)

### Official language(s)

Latin and Greek

* Eastern Roman Empire

The **Roman Empire** was an empire surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. It made a brief appearance in the War of the Bucket, the Napoleonic Wars, and the First Punic War. Additionally, Benito Mussolini briefly mentioned the Roman Empire in WW2 (Part 1).

## Socialist Republic of Romania

 *Republica Socialistă România*

TBA

### Enemies

Soviet Union (secretly)

> “Elections in Bulgaria, a Peaceful Revolution in Czechoslovakia, and a violent one in Romania brought the end to Communist rule in the Eastern Bloc.„
>
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>  – OverSimplified, The Cold War (Part 2)
>
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The **Socialist Republic of Romania** was a communist country in Southeast Europe. It was only mentioned in The Cold War (Part 2), after a violent revolution put an end to Communism.

### Official language(s)

Romanian

**Romania** is a country in Southeastern Europe. It was mentioned in the Cold War (Part 2) after a violent revolution put an end to communism in the Socialist Republic of Romania. The Western world commonly associates Romania with vampires because of the influence of Bram Stoker's novel *Dracula* and subsequent books and many films the tale has inspired, such as Japanese company Konami's *Castlevania* series of video games. The current president is Klaus Iohannis.

## Russian Provisional Government

 *Временное правительство России*

The Provisional Government overthrowing Tsar Nicholas II

### Enemies

Vladimir Lenin (on his side)* Local Soviets (dual power struggle)

The **Provisional Government** was a Russian government that replaced the former government of the Russian Empire in 1917. It only existed for nine months, but those nine months were chaos. After the Kornilov affair, Russia was proclaimed a republic.

#### Trivia

* The Russian Provisional Government was the only country to be depicted as a character instead of a country.

## French Empire

 *Empire français*

The Second French Empire in the Pig War

### Official language(s)

French

The **Second French Empire**, officially the **French Empire**, was a country in Western Europe and the last monarchical form of France. It was briefly seen in the American Civil War and the Pig War.

## Dominion of Newfoundland

### Friends

* United States
* Canada
* United Kingdom
* France
* Russian Empire
* Soviet Union (1939–1945)

### Enemies

* German Empire (after 1914)
* Nazi Germany (after 1941)

The **Dominion of Newfoundland** was a country in eastern North America, today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was established on 26 September 1907, and confirmed by the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and the Statute of Westminster of 1931. It included the island of Newfoundland, and Labrador on the continental mainland. Newfoundland was one of the original "dominions" within the meaning of the Balfour Declaration and accordingly enjoyed a constitutional status equivalent to the other dominions of the time.

In 1934, Newfoundland became the only dominion to give up its self-governing status, which ended 79 years of self-government. That episode came about because of a crisis in Newfoundland's public finances in 1932. Newfoundland had accumulated a significant amount of debt by building a railway across the island, which was completed in the 1890s, and by raising its own regiment during World War I. The British government quickly established the Newfoundland Royal Commission to inquire into and report on the position. The commission's report, published in October 1933, recommended for Newfoundland to give up its system of self-government temporarily and to allow the United Kingdom to administer the dominion by an appointed commission.

The Newfoundland parliament accepted the recommendations and presented a petition to the King to ask for the suspension of the constitution and the appointment of commissioners to administer the government until the country became self-supporting again. To enable compliance with the request, the British Parliament passed the Newfoundland Act 1933, and on 16 February 1934, the British government appointed six commissioners, three from Newfoundland and three from the United Kingdom, with the Governor as chairman. The system of a six-member Commission of Government continued to govern Newfoundland until it joined Canada in 1949 to become Canada's tenth province.

### Official language(s)

None (officially)
Spanish (*de facto*)
Nahuatl

**Mexico**, officially the **United Mexican States,** is a country in North America. It borders the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast. It was mentioned in WW1 (Part 2), made an appearance in "Football War - MiniWars #2" and makes a cameo in the American Civil War. Their current president is Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

#### States

* Aguascalientes
* Baja California
* Baja California Sur
* Campeche
* Chiapas
* Chihuahua
* Coahuila
* Colima
* Durango
* Guanajuato
* Guerrero
* Hidalgo
* Jalisco
* Mexico State
* Michoacán
* Morelos
* Nayarit
* Nuevo Leon
* Oaxaca
* Puebla
* Querétaro
* Quintana Roo
* San Luis Potosí
* Sinaloa
* Sonora
* Tabasco
* Tamaulipas
* Tlaxcala
* Veracruz
* Yucatan
* Zacatecas

#### Territories

* Mexico City
* Guadalupe Island
* Rocas Alijos
* Revillagigedo Islands
* Isla Clarión

## Republic of Nicaragua

 *República de Nicaragua *(Spanish)**

TBA

### Official language(s)

Spanish

**Nicaragua**, officially the **Republic of Nicaragua**, is a country in Central America bordering Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east. In 1979, the Somoza dynasty, which had ruled the country since 1936 was overthrown by the Sandinistas. The United States funded a rebel group specializing in guerilla warfare called the Contras in an attempt to overthrow the Sandinistas. Konami, a Japanese video game company, named their run and gun video game after this rebel group. Their current president is Daniel Ortega.

## Oriental Republic of Uruguay

 *República Oriental del Uruguay *(Spanish)**

### Official language(s)

Spanish (*de facto*)

**Uruguay,** officially the **Oriental Republic of Uruguay**, is a country in South America. It borders Brazil and Argentina. It has a population of 3.462 million and a land size of 171,520 km2. It was seen in "Football War - MiniWars #2."

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Polish People's Republic." Edited by Falcaorib, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 1 Dec. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish\_People's\_Republic.
2. ↑ Soares dos Santos, Alexandre. "Superfície." PORDATA, 17 Nov. 2020, https://www.pordata.pt/Municipios/Superf%C3%ADcie-57. It's in Portuguese.
3. ↑ "Roman Empire." Edited by Eliasbizannes, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Nov. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman\_Empire.
4. ↑ Taagepera, Rein. "Size and Duration of Empires: Growth-Decline Curves, 600 B.C. to 600 A.D." *Social Science History*, vol. 3, no. 3/4, Cambridge University Press, 1979, pp. 115–38, https://doi.org/10.2307/1170959.
5. ↑ Turchin, Peter, et al. "Turchin Adams Hall - Peter Turchin Home - Peter Turchin." *JWSR v12n2 - Turchin, Adams, & Hall - East-West Orientation of Historical Empires and Modern States*, 2007, http://peterturchin.com/PDF/Turchin\_Adams\_Hall\_2006.pdf.
6. ↑ Durand, John D. *Historical Estimates of World Population: An Evaluation*, University of Pennsylvania, 1974, https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://en.wikipedia.org/&httpsredir=1&article=1009&context=psc\_penn\_papers.
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_uk\_6vfqwTA&t=142s