Timeline for Have there been any countries that voted themselves out of existence?
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| Sep 11, 2019 at 7:07 | comment | added | Tim Andrews | Pieter in your own answer you go more in depth on exactly what comprises sovereignty and settle on a reasonable conclusion that is ultimately just your opinion. Even the definition for countries is not always clear (is Taiwan independent or does it belong to China?). Why are you hounding me over the precise phrasing of the question when you cannot define it even in your own answer? A pedant cannot answer this question because it has too many ill-defined terms. The question therefore requires some interpretation and I believe my answer is well within the bounds of acceptable interpretation. | |
| Sep 11, 2019 at 6:17 | comment | added | Semaphore | Strictly speaking country != sovereign state - Scotland, Wales, England are all regarded as countries inside the state of the United Kingdom, for instance. | |
| Sep 11, 2019 at 5:32 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | I repeat - the question specifically asks about countries that voted themselves out of existence; not about protectorates, mandates, territories, colonies, or autonomous regions that did so. Your post is not about a country. | |
| Sep 11, 2019 at 5:14 | comment | added | Tim Andrews | Obviously realize this, which is why I put that sentence at the start of my answer. Which means I also realize this does not answer the question precisely as asked. However there was a vote, with one outcome being independence and another being absorbed by another country. This seems highly relevant to the question being asked, as opposed to your comment which provides absolutely nothing. | |
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| Sep 10, 2019 at 3:35 | history | answered | Tim Andrews | CC BY-SA 4.0 |