lewisje All American 9196 Posts user info edit post |
As of 2010, there are, worldwide, 195 nation-states. The number of those that have operated under the same political regime since the advent of the First World War is five: https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/1743-static-america.pdf&pli=1
what are the five? 9/28/2010 6:41:37 PM |
LeonIsPro All American 5021 Posts user info edit post |
9/28/2010 6:44:18 PM |
richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
All I can think of off the top of my head are the USA and UK. Do wonder what the other three are...
Oh shit, Australia. Right?
[Edited on September 28, 2010 at 10:28 PM. Reason : d] 9/28/2010 10:27:27 PM |
lewisje All American 9196 Posts user info edit post |
I believe those are all correct. 9/28/2010 10:41:33 PM |
UberCool All American 3457 Posts user info edit post |
the vatican? 9/28/2010 10:43:20 PM |
rwoody Save TWW 37538 Posts user info edit post |
switzerland?
saudi arabia?
[Edited on September 28, 2010 at 10:55 PM. Reason : a] 9/28/2010 10:45:12 PM |
lewisje All American 9196 Posts user info edit post |
USA: Since 1789 (U.S. Constitution took effect 4 March 1789) Note that although the colonists declared independence on 4 July 1776, won the decisive battle of the War in 19 October 1781, and received independence via the Treaty of Paris on 3 September 1783 (ratified 9 April 1784), the present régime commenced only with the adoption (17 September 1787), ratification (21 June 1788), and implementation (4 March 1789) of the Constitution.
UK: Since 1707 (Acts of Union) ...then again Ireland wasn't annexed until 1800 via other Acts of Union, and most of Ireland became independent, except for part of the province of Ulster known as Northern Ireland, with a 1922 treaty
Australia: Since 1901 (Federation commenced 1 January 1901) ...then again the Statute of Westminster, establishing actual legislative independence, wasn't brought up until 1931
Saudi Arabia: Since 1932 (Kingdom unified 23 September 1932) Switzerland: Since 1848 (Federal constitution) Vatican City: Since 1929 (Lateran treaty)
When I looked this shit up the first time I mis-read that 1848 as 1948...anyway you can rule out much of the world because of some well-known revolutionary events between 1914 and now: The breakup of the USSR and the end of the Warsaw Pact (Iron Curtain) Ethnic nationalism in Yugoslavia The rise and fall of the Nazi/Fascist/Japanese empires The Cultural Revolution in China, and similar Communist revolutions in other Asian countries The Islamic Revolution in Iran The breakup of the Ottoman Empire The success of the Zionist Movement and the biggie... Decolonization in Africa, Asia, Central America, and the Caribbean (South America mostly became independent in the 19th century...hint hint)
The problems come about when you notice how recently some seemingly-stable states changed their governments, like when Brazil adopted a new one in 1988, or when Bhutan changed from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy in 2007 (oddly at the insistence of the King). 9/28/2010 11:36:27 PM |
bobster All American 2298 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " First World War " |
Quote : | "Saudi Arabia: Since 1932 (Kingdom unified 23 September 1932) " |
9/28/2010 11:53:56 PM |
FykalJpn All American 17209 Posts user info edit post |
sweeeden 9/29/2010 12:02:15 AM |
lewisje All American 9196 Posts user info edit post |
^^did you need me to point out which guesses were wrong? I thought just posting the year would be sufficient
also you must not have noticed that the Vatican was also a wrong answer
[Edited on September 29, 2010 at 12:05 AM. Reason : Sweden: since 1905 (union with Norway ended 13 August 1905) 9/29/2010 12:03:30 AM |
saps852 New Recruit 80068 Posts user info edit post |
so then norway too?
and if not norway then canada? France? although I guess france was under nazi control for a period of time.
[Edited on September 29, 2010 at 1:40 AM. Reason : .] 9/29/2010 1:39:44 AM |
lewisje All American 9196 Posts user info edit post |
Norway was occupied too
also IIRC Canada didn't become wholly independent until the Canada Act of 1982 (although much of its independence was achieved with the Statute of Westminster in 1931) 9/29/2010 1:46:51 AM |
saps852 New Recruit 80068 Posts user info edit post |
do oyu know the last one, or are we trying to hunt this down? 9/29/2010 12:10:12 PM |
dharney All American 4445 Posts user info edit post |
im going to guess....
USSR North Korea Hoboken, New Jersey The former republic of yugoslavia and Vichy France
what did i win? 9/29/2010 12:29:43 PM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The number of those that have operated under the same political regime since the advent of the First World War" |
USA?
you might want to check that. i don't think "political regime" means what you think it means.
[Edited on September 29, 2010 at 12:41 PM. Reason : ]9/29/2010 12:33:42 PM |
saps852 New Recruit 80068 Posts user info edit post |
everyone else gets the idea, no need to nitpick semantics 9/29/2010 12:35:34 PM |