RvBoMally did something similar with the Qing Empire, on that note.
AHC: Smallest, most desolate rump state possible
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Hmm talking about that part of the world Mt Athos was chartered by the ERE and is still there Does it technically count
Or it could be a place for a rump Confederacy in an American Civil War timeline, but I think it just gets invaded by the sea. Also a lack of water would probably kill any rogue state/rump state idea from there.
Broke: Rump Qing Empire and RoC in the KWC after their respective overthrows.
Woke: Tiananmen Square leads to a Ceaucuescu-like mass uprising. The rump CCP leaders use their connections with the Triads to sneak across the border to British Hong Kong, and re-appear in the KWC. They insist they retain control of the PRC's seat at the UN, and its international assets, and demand that the British hand over Hong Kong to them in 1997. There are now three entities claiming sovereignty over the Chinese nation.
North Korea collapses from famine/Kim family dispute/international action. But Kim or his sister barricades themself on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansong_Archipelago with some of the army and/or unlucky civillians.
But Ada Kaleh was annexed by Hungary in 1913.
On another note, I'm surprised noone mentioned Jeju Island yet. It would the perfect location for a rump South Korea.
Especially with the US Navy protecting it and Syngman Rhee massacring Jeju's Communists before the Korean War.
The Abaco Island, now part of The Bahamas, had an independence party in the 70s named Abaco Independence Movement (AIM) led by libertarians. Let's say they gain enough momentum and political force to achieve their dreams and get their independence, thus you would end with a tiny island in the Caribbean Sea.
The Island of Tanna, now part of Vanuatu, also had an independence movement in the 70s. Let's say Britain and France don't have problem with it, then you would end with a tiny island in the Pacific.
The United Arab Emirates was also a good option, if for some reason one of the emirates didn't want to be integrated with the others and kept its independence to this day.
The Island of Tanna, now part of Vanuatu, also had an independence movement in the 70s. Let's say Britain and France don't have problem with it, then you would end with a tiny island in the Pacific.
The United Arab Emirates was also a good option, if for some reason one of the emirates didn't want to be integrated with the others and kept its independence to this day.
The contrarian scenario is the rabid anti communists in the US take on support of this rump, or skelton state. Only a few thousand actual inhabitants, but providing 'Russian' passports to exiles across the globe for a nominal fee. Other income from clubbing baby seals and servicing stray fishing boats.
A exhausted Union is unable to tidy up when the ACW drags out a extra couple years. Some enclaves west of Terra Lengua & in South New Mexico keep up a independence, claiming to the the Confederacy.
If Denmark had sought to settle Greenland with European Danes, it would likely have ended up rump Denmark under WWII instead of being semi-occupied by USA and have ended up Denmark-in-exile if Germany won or Denmark ended up in the Soviet occupation zone. Of course while it would be the most desolated rump state, it would not be small.
I’ve seen Korean War scenarios where the US, to not draw China into the war, agrees to leave a tiny strip of North Korean land on the Yalu, so that the unified Korea doesn’t border China. This Korea would be barren as hell, and easily one of the worst places to live on the planet. May be too big to qualify, though.
And what the hell, just to shamelessly shill: my timeline also features a Republic of Korea that only features Jeju and some of the other small islands South Korea owns (such as Ulluengdo) after South Korea loses the Korean War, that’s just a bunch of barren rocks, and considered an “Asian banana republic”.
And what the hell, just to shamelessly shill: my timeline also features a Republic of Korea that only features Jeju and some of the other small islands South Korea owns (such as Ulluengdo) after South Korea loses the Korean War, that’s just a bunch of barren rocks, and considered an “Asian banana republic”.
