wormyguy
Banned
Yes. The state must cease to exist.I want a clarification, does destruction mean actual destruction? Cause the Byzantine Empire certainly wasn't destroyed after Manzikert.
1. They must maintain the same constitution and/or consider themselves the natural continuation of the previous state. (for example, the Weimar Republic and the Soviet Union would not count as "continuity," since they viewed their preceding governments as essentially illegitimate incarnations of their respective states. The Roman Empire and Nazi Germany would, since they viewed themselves as being the exact same entities as the Roman Republic and the Weimar Republic, respectively).And to what extent do successor states count against "destruction"?
2. They must maintain a comparable level of geopolitical power. (For example, Taiwan or the Free City of Krakow would not count as having comparable geopolitical power to the mainland RoC or the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, while the Khanate of Crimea would count as having at least comparable geopolitical power to the Golden Horde in its waning years).