Unification Movements
At various times, various nationalist and irredentist movements promoted ideas of restoration or unification in various places.
| Reunification Movement | Divided since | Areas affected (at maximum extent) |
|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Union | Earliest division in 1931 | Antigua and Barbuda Australia The Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Grenada Jamaica New Zealand Papua New Guinea Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Solomon Islands Tuvalu United Kingdom |
| United States of Africa | Never united | Africa |
| Greater Macedonia | 1913 | Macedonia part of Bulgaria part of Greece part of Albania part of Serbia |
| Greater Serbia | 1995 | Serbia Macedonia Montenegro Croatia Bosnia Serbian Krajina Republika Srpska |
| Greater Syria | Neo-Babylonian Empire "626 BC–539 BC" | Syria Lebanon Iraq Jordan Northern Cyprus Kuwait Palestine Israel Cyprus part of Saudi Arabia part of Turkey part of Iran part of Egypt |
| Greater Croatia | 1945 | Croatia Bosnia Serbia part of Montenegro |
| Greater Bulgaria | 1918 | Bulgaria Macedonia part of Serbia part of Greece |
| Greater Albania | 1945 | Albania Montenegro part of Serbia part of Greece Macedonia |
| Balkan Federation | Never united | Balkan Federation Serbia Macedonia Albania Croatia Montenegro Slovenia Bosnia Bulgaria Greece Romania Serbo-Greek federation Serbia Macedonia Greece Montenegro |
| Slavic Federation | Never united | Russia Ukraine Belarus Poland Slovakia Czech Republic Serbia Slovenia Bulgaria Montenegro Macedonia Bosnia Croatia |
| Russian Empire | 1917 | Russia Ukraine Belarus Poland Latvia Lithuania Finland Estonia Georgia Armenia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Tajikistan Moldova Kyrgyzstan |
| Arab League | 1258 | Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Palestine Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen |
| ASEAN | Never united | Brunei Burma Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Papua New Guinea Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam |
| Australia and New Zealand | c. 1942 | Australia New Zealand |
| Greater Netherlands | 1839 | Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1922 | United Kingdom Republic of Ireland |
| Central America Union | 1838 | Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua |
| Central Asian Union | 1991 | Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Tajikistan Turkmenistan |
| Greater China | 1895, 1911, 1949 | People's Republic of China Republic of China Mongolia |
| CANZUK | c. 1931 | Australia Canada New Zealand United Kingdom |
| Cyprus | 1974 | Cyprus Northern Cyprus Akrotiri and Dhekelia |
| Czechoslovakia | 1992 | Czech Republic Slovakia |
| DACH | 1648 | Germany Austria Switzerland Liechtenstein |
| East African Federation | Never united Rwanda and Burundi (1962); Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania (1919) |
Burundi Kenya Rwanda Tanzania Uganda |
| United States of Europe | Never united Carolingian Empire (888); Roman Empire (395) |
Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom |
| Greater Finland | 1940–1944 | Finland Russia (Karelia) |
| North American Union | 1776 | Canada Mexico partially accepted United States |
| Greek reunification | 1202 | Greece Cyprus Turkey Albania Republic of Macedonia |
| Greater Hungary | 1920, 1945 | Hungary Austria Croatia Poland Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Ukraine |
| Iberian Federacy | 1580–1640 | Andorra Portugal Spain Gibraltar |
| Undivided India | 1947 | India Bangladesh Pakistan Burma Sri Lanka Maldives |
| United Ireland | 1922 | Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland |
| Korean reunification | 1945 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea Republic of Korea |
| Latin American Union | 1640 | Latin America Caribbean |
| Malaya | 1965 | Singapore Malaysia |
| Greater Romania | 1944 | Moldova Romania |
| Union of Russia and Belarus | 1991 | Belarus Russia |
| Samoa | 1900 | Samoa American Samoa |
| Scandinavian reunification | 1523 | Denmark Sweden Norway Iceland Greenland Finland Åland |
| Transcaucasus | 1936 | Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia |
| West Indies Federation | 1962 | Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Yugoslavia | 1992 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Macedonia Montenegro Serbia Slovenia |
| United Armenia | 1639, 1828 | Armenia Turkey (Javakhk) |
| United Israel | 1948 | Israel Palestine |
| Greater Turkey | 1299 | Turkey Iraq Syria Israel Lebanon Jordan Saudi Arabia Yemen Kuwait Qatar Bahrain UAE Oman Iran(Western) Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Russia(Caucasia) Bulgaria Greece Macedonia Albania Kosovo Serbia Bosnia Croatia(Dalmatia) Romania(Wallachia and Bogdan) Moldova Ukraine(Crimea, Budjak and Yedisan) Egypt Libya Tunisia Algeria(Northern) Morocco(eastern) Sudan Eritrea(Coastal) Djibouti Somalia(Somaliland) |
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“The short lesson that comes out of long experience in political agitation is something like this: all the motive power in all of these movements is the instinct of religious feeling. All the obstruction comes from attempting to rely on anything else. Conciliation is the enemy.”
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