What unprecedented countries could have been created in the 20th century?

The State of Somaliland (former British Somaliland) could have stayed a separate country instead of merging with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (former Italian Somaliland) to create Somalia.

Former British Somaliland is an autonomous region calling themselves the Republic of Somaliland and is independent in every way except international recognition. The reason they're not recognized internationally is that it would give legitimacy to the extremist government that controls the former Italian Somaliland.
 
There was actually a book on the 1939 single-day existence of "independent Carpatho-Ukraine" (before it was occupied by Hungarian troops) called Republic for a Day. http://diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/14069/file.pdf

Alternatively, "Stalin lets Czechoslovakia keep Carpatho-Rus. Eventually the federalization of Czecholslovakia leads to it consisting of three republics--Czech, Slovak, and Carpatho-Rus--all of which become independent with the Velvet Divorce." https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/more-rusyn-speekers.445517/#post-17142565
Yep. I know they lasted one more day. Let say Hitler tells Horthy to hold back. This way less polish soldiers escape septamber campaign comes.

Second possibility is interesting. Indeed if Stalin didn’t take there is big chance they would proclaim independence post 1989. What would be their relations with Ukraine however?
 
There was actually a book on the 1939 single-day existence of "independent Carpatho-Ukraine" (before it was occupied by Hungarian troops) called Republic for a Day. http://diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/14069/file.pdf

Alternatively, "Stalin lets Czechoslovakia keep Carpatho-Rus. Eventually the federalization of Czecholslovakia leads to it consisting of three republics--Czech, Slovak, and Carpatho-Rus--all of which become independent with the Velvet Divorce." https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/more-rusyn-speekers.445517/#post-17142565
Well Carpatho-Rus would attempt to stay with Slovakia or Czechoslovakia probably given its more rural and it being incorporated could possibly help keep a federalized union as they would affect the dynamic though I am not sure
 
Well Carpatho-Rus would attempt to stay with Slovakia or Czechoslovakia probably given its more rural and it being incorporated could possibly help keep a federalized union as they would affect the dynamic though I am not sure

That’s my thinking. With an added third multi-ethnic region with a smaller population to defend, the Czech and Slovak peoples might see it as more imperative to stay united than to go off on their own as ethno-states. Interestingly, you might see all three regions having considerable autonomy, with the federal government being fairly weak (being in charge of military and some federal systems like banking and healthcare), but with most else left up to the individual republics.

If that is not the case, then I’d expect significant integration of the three states by the modern day and whatever major parties emerge would make significant attempts at being multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, and appealing to as broad of strata of people as possible.
 
With an added third multi-ethnic region with a smaller population to defend, the Czech and Slovak peoples might see it as more imperative to stay united than to go off on their own as ethno-states.
Yeah, I was more thinking though a unionist government will help against the divided governments, since the divorce was decided by the government without consultation of the people, most Czechs and some Slovaks still see it as a mistake today
 
Well Carpatho-Rus would attempt to stay with Slovakia or Czechoslovakia probably given its more rural and it being incorporated could possibly help keep a federalized union as they would affect the dynamic though I am not sure
They wanted to stay with Prague in 1939, due to Slovak independence they proclaimed their 1 day state.
If Slovakia went independennce in 1992 Ruthenia doesn’t have other joice but do the same. I do not think Slovakia would wanted Ruthenia.

They were pretty rural in 30ties and even now there is not much industry but there is slight chance some light industry would be built there after war. After all many Slovak areas with similar geography had after war some light industries built.
 
Yeah, I was more thinking though a unionist government will help against the divided governments, since the divorce was decided by the government without consultation of the people, most Czechs and some Slovaks still see it as a mistake today
Its not most anymore I believe but it was for a while.
 
If anyone is interested in potential new nations (some with precedents, some without; some fairly plausible, some very unlikely) of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, a good source is this book:

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I don't know whether you could call Padania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padanian_nationalism unprecedented. As Roth writes (Let's Split!, p. 87) "The name Padania is recently invented, derived from the name of the River Po. But it evokes the Transpadane Republic, a Napoleonic puppet state which existed briefly in the 1790's, with a capital in Milan."
 
Countries arising without precedent in the 1900s:

Finland
Iceland
Czechoslovakia
Czechia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Bosnia
Kosovo
Macedonia
Belarus
Lebanon
Jordan

Philippines
Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore

All former British colonies in the West indies

Most former colonies in Africa

Possible new countriies

Transcaucasia
Yucatan
Quebec
West Indies Federation
Newfoundland
 
Countries arising without precedent in the 1900s:

Finland
Iceland
Czechoslovakia
Czechia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Bosnia
Kosovo
Macedonia
Belarus
Lebanon
Jordan

Philippines
Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore

All former British colonies in the West indies

Most former colonies in Africa

Possible new countriies

Transcaucasia
Yucatan
Quebec
West Indies Federation
Newfoundland
Czechia was once more or less independent kingdom.
 
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