My apologies, but when I think about regions within the vaguely same cultural group unifying, I think of Europe, with the formation of Italy, Germany, and the stomping out of local linguistic groups in France and Spain in the 19th century. I'm sure other parts of the Old World (I don't really think this happens in the Americas) did the same, but I can't think of anything similar.
So I've been playing EUIII as that Mary Sue of alternate history, Venice. I know it's pretty ahistorical, but I've decided to pursue a strategy of colonizing some nice sugarcane islands in the Caribbean (as well as preemptively taking the isthmus), and now I'm embarking on a long-term mission to wrest the Suez area from the Mamluks. And I'm thinking- I have no desire to get involved in Italian affairs. I don't want to waste my army fighting against other Lombards; I can already dominate their trade anyway. If I export this to Victoria, I'm not even sure if I want to seek to join any form of Italian federation a few centuries down the line.
And I'm thinking- are there any cases in history where a similar cultural group didn't join up a nation that formed? And in what cases could a region easily have avoided joining such a nation? I'll give an example of each: Austria, despite being Germanic, didn't join Germany... okay I guess partly its modern status is due to the restrictions imposed after WWII. But still. And an ahistoric example: Bavaria and maybe the other southern kingdoms decide not to join Germany?
So can anyone think of any other close-run examples of a region that might not join a nation that formed?
So I've been playing EUIII as that Mary Sue of alternate history, Venice. I know it's pretty ahistorical, but I've decided to pursue a strategy of colonizing some nice sugarcane islands in the Caribbean (as well as preemptively taking the isthmus), and now I'm embarking on a long-term mission to wrest the Suez area from the Mamluks. And I'm thinking- I have no desire to get involved in Italian affairs. I don't want to waste my army fighting against other Lombards; I can already dominate their trade anyway. If I export this to Victoria, I'm not even sure if I want to seek to join any form of Italian federation a few centuries down the line.
And I'm thinking- are there any cases in history where a similar cultural group didn't join up a nation that formed? And in what cases could a region easily have avoided joining such a nation? I'll give an example of each: Austria, despite being Germanic, didn't join Germany... okay I guess partly its modern status is due to the restrictions imposed after WWII. But still. And an ahistoric example: Bavaria and maybe the other southern kingdoms decide not to join Germany?
So can anyone think of any other close-run examples of a region that might not join a nation that formed?