This is a list of all the independent countries that could or would have existed between 1815 to the present day that for some reason or another never did.
| Proposed states | When it would have existed | Within present-day countries | Further information |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Baltic Duchy | 1918 | Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania | idea first brought forth by the Germans but was rejected after the Versailles Treaty and the Baltic Region became the three present day countries |
| United States of Greater Austria | 1905 | Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia | concept brought forth by the Habsburgs in reaction to tensions within the empire of autonomy; the autocratic empire would be changed into a united autonomous country where each nation governed itself with some support from a much weaker Habsburg monarchy |
Read more about this topic: Former Countries In Europe After 1815
Famous quotes containing the words proposed and/or states:
“To coöperate in the highest as well as the lowest sense, means to get our living together. I heard it proposed lately that two young men should travel together over the world, the one without money, earning his means as he went, before the mast and behind the plow, the other carrying a bill of exchange in his pocket. It was easy to see that they could not long be companions or coöperate, since one would not operate at all. They would part at the first interesting crisis in their adventures.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante’s scheme, Limbo is to Hell.”
—Irving Layton (b. 1912)