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At any time (pre-1900 is OK) your challenge is to have two countries with republican/democratic forms of government in personal union, meaning they share a president, dictator, prime minister, etc. Heads of State is fine, but bonus points if its actually heads of government.

For instance, the United Arab Republic was an actual political union, but it could have been a personal union with the right breaks. Syria remains a separate country, but Nasser is the new President of Syria.

What would really be interesting is if this kind of maneuver became a recognized response by an alliance that was facing extreme levels of threat: as an emergency measure, pick one of the countries' ruler to be in charge for all countries in the alliance for a year.

Apologies if something like this has been posted already. My search did not turn up anything.
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