Dissolution (politics)

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Dissolution in politics is when a state, institution, nation, or administrative region dissolves or ceases to exist, usually separating into two or more entities, or being

In 1918, the dissolution of Austria-Hungary was a major geopolitical event that occurred as a result of the growth of internal social contradictions and the separation of different parts of Austria-Hungary. The reason for the collapse of the state was World War I, the 1918 crop failure and the economic crisis.^[1]

On October 17, 1918, the

The remaining territories inhabited by divided peoples fell into the composition of existing or newly formed states. Legally, the collapse of the empire was formalized in the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye with Austria, which also acted as a peace treaty after the First World War, and in the Treaty of Trianon with Hungary.^[1]

Czechoslovakia

The

On 22 July 1990 a law was passed recreating the

On 31 August 1990 the Unification Treaty set an accession date of October 3 (modifying the State Creation Law to come into effect on that date). The Unification Treaty declared that (with few exceptions) at accession the laws of East Germany would be replaced overnight by those of West Germany. The Volkskammer approved the treaty on September 20 by a margin of 299-80—in effect, voting East Germany to dissolve itself.

On 3 October 1990 the five new states and East Berlin (which was unified with West Berlin), were unified with West Germany in 1990.

The post-1990 united

The

The Netherlands Antilles was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was dissolved on 10 October 2010.^[2][3]

After dissolution, the "BES islands" of the

The

The Free State of Prussia was dissolved on 25 February 1947, by decree of the Allied Control Council.^[5]

Soviet Union

The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred between 1988 and 1991, and was the process of internal disintegration within the USSR, which began with growing unrest in its various constituent republics developing into an incessant political and legislative conflict between the republics and the central government, and ended when the leaders of three primal republics (the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the Byelorussian SSR) declared it no longer existed, later accompanied by 11 more republics, resulting in President Mikhail Gorbachev having to resign and what was left of the Soviet parliament formally acknowledging what had already taken place.

The failure of the

The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was the transatlantic metropolis that controlled the Portuguese colonial empire, with its overseas possessions in Africa and Asia.

Thus, from the point of view of Brazil, the elevation to the rank of a kingdom and the creation of the United Kingdom represented a change in status, from that of a colony to that of an equal member of a

United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway

The

The dissolution of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was the independence and breaking up of the Spanish colony in South America. Most of the viceroyalty is now part of Argentina, and other regions belong to Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Yugoslavia

The

Both communities currently have a large degree of autonomy within the Belgian federation.

Complicating questions of partition are the status in a partitioned Belgium of Brussels; currently an autonomous bilingual region of itself — and the minority German-speaking Community.

Iraq

Dissolution of Iraq has been proposed as a solution to the country's sectarian issues and wars.^[13] Those favouring dissolution claim Iraq is an artificially created state^[13] and as a remnant of the regional Ottoman rule^[14][15] and British colonial rule; the British authorities selected Sunni Arab elites from the region for appointments to government and ministry offices, furthering sectarian inequalities.^{[specify][16][page needed][17]}

The sectarian divides are between the

Therefore, a potential dissolution of the United Kingdom has been muted, with various potential nations and states emerging and changing their constitutional status. It is seen as a resolution of the various grievances and the balance of the countries of the United Kingdom, including the West Lothian question. Legal complexities relate to the complicated nature of British nationality law, and the status of the various Act of Union: 1535 and 1542 (England and Wales), 1652 (Scotland and England), 1707 (Scotland and England to form Great Britain), and 1800 (Great Britain and Ireland to form the United Kingdom).

United States

The dissolution of the United States is a political science theory on the possible disintegration of the United States of America.^[26][27][28]

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