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This is a list of proposed state mergers, including both current and historical proposals. The entities listed below differ from separatist movements in that they would form as a merger or union of two or more existing states, territories, colonies, or other regions, becoming either a federation, confederation, or other type of unified sovereign state.

Current

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Proposed state Components Notes Map
Catalan Countries  Andorra
 Catalonia (part of Spain)
Northern Catalonia (part of France)
 Valencian Community (part of Spain)
 Balearic Islands (part of Spain)
Proposed by Catalan separatists and most Catalan nationalists.
File:Flag of the Commonwealth of Nations.svg Commonwealth Union  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
Brought up numerous times, especially in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom where pressure groups exist.
China  People's Republic of China
 Republic of China
Iberia  Portugal
 Spain
Brought up multiple times throughout history, starting in the 18th Century. Still some minor support in both Spain and Portugal.[1]
Ireland Northern Ireland (part of United Kingdom)
 Republic of Ireland
It is a goal of Irish republicans and most Irish nationalists.
Korea  North Korea
 South Korea
Korean Reunification has been a goal for both Koreas since the 1953 armistice agreement. South Koreans hope to end the dictatorship of the North and to bring families back together. It is also still a goal for North Koreans.
Federal Republic of Macedonia  Republic of Macedonia
Bulgarian Macedonia.
Set for 2018 before Entered to the European Union.
One-state solution  Israel
 Palestinian territories
Many Conflicts have happened in Israel and the Palestinian territories ever since the Jewish settled into Palestine. It has been a goal for the Jewish to keep their chosen land, but the Arabs also claim the territory as the state of Palestine.
 Peru-Bolivian Confederation  Bolivia
 Peru
Proposed by Ollanta Humala in 2011 to reestablish the confederation.[1]
Serbia Federal Republic of Serbia  Serbia
 Republika Srpska (Part of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Greater Romania  Romania
 Moldova
See also: Movement for the unification of Romania and Moldova
Union State  Belarus

 Russia
May also include:
 Abkhazia
 Kazakhstan
 Kyrgyzstan
 Moldova
 Serbia
 South Ossetia
 Transnistria
 Ukraine

United States of Africa Strictest definition includes members of the African Union (54):
 Algeria
 Angola
 Benin
 Botswana
 Burkina Faso
 Burundi
 Cameroon
 Cape Verde
 Central African Republic
 Chad
 Comoros
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Republic of the Congo
 Djibouti
 Egypt
 Equatorial Guinea
 Eritrea
 Ethiopia
 Gabon
 The Gambia
 Ghana
 Guinea
 Guinea-Bissau
 Ivory Coast
 Kenya
 Lesotho
 Liberia
 Libya
 Madagascar
 Malawi
 Mali
 Mauritania
 Mauritius
 Mozambique
 Namibia
 Niger
 Nigeria
 Rwanda
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 São Tomé and Príncipe
 Senegal
 Seychelles
 Sierra Leone
 Somalia
 South Africa
 South Sudan
 Sudan
 Swaziland
 Tanzania
 Togo
 Tunisia
 Uganda
 Zambia
 Zimbabwe
May also include:
 Morocco
 Somaliland
Supported by Libya, Eritrea, Ghana, Senegal and Zimbabwe. South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria have shown less interest in the idea.[2]
United States of Europe Strictest definition includes mrmbers of the European Union (27):

 Austria
 Belgium
 Bulgaria
 Cyprus
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 Estonia
 Finland
 France
 Germany
 Greece
 Hungary
 Republic of Ireland
 Italy
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Malta
 Kingdom of the Netherlands
 Poland
 Portugal
 Romania
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 Spain
 Sweden
 United Kingdom

Historic

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21st Century

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Proposed state Components Time period Successful? Notes
Cyprus  Republic of Cyprus
 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
2004 No Rejected in a UN-sponsored referendum, with 64.90% approval from the Turkish Cypriot Community but only 24.17% from the Greek Cypriot Community.

20th Century

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Proposed state Components Time period Successful? Notes
Arab Federation  Kingdom of Iraq
 Jordan
1958 Yes
(14 February 1958 - 2 August 1958)
An attempt to unify the two Hashemite kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan. While successful, the short-lived union was disestablished after a military coup deposed King Faisal II of Iraq.
Arab Islamic Republic  Tunisia
 Libya
1974 No Proposed by Muammar Gaddafi.
Balkan Federation  Yugoslavia
 Albania
 Bulgaria
1910 No
Egypt Federation of Arab Republics  United Arab Republic

 Libya

Also invited:

 Iraq
 Sudan

1972-1977 No An attempt to build a Pan-Arab state.
Franco-British Union  France
 United Kingdom
1956 No Proposed by French Prime Minister Guy Mollet during the Suez Crisis.
Germany  East Germany
 West Germany
1990 Yes
Greek-Serbian Federation  FR Yugoslavia
 Greece
 Macedonia
1992-2001 No A serious project proposed by Slobodan Milošević in 1992.
Greek-Yugoslav confederation Strictest definition:

 Greece
 Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Loosest definition also includes:

 Albania
 Bulgaria
 Romania

1942-1944 No
Międzymorze

 Belarus
 Czechoslovakia
 Ukraine
 Estonia
 Finland
 Hungary
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Poland
 Romania
 Yugoslavia

November or December 1918 No Also called "Intermarum". Suggested shortly after World War I to combat the influences of Germany and Russia.
North Borneo Federation  Kingdom of Sarawak
 British North Borneo
 Protectorate of Brunei
1956-1960 No
Polish-Czechoslovak confederation Poland
Czechoslovakia
1939–1948 No A serious project proposed by Władysław Sikorski.
Senegambia Confederation  Senegal
 Gambia
Between 1 January 1982 and 30 September 1989 Yes
(1 January 1982 - 30 September 1989)
Loose confederation was formed, but ended due to Gambia's lack of interest in integration.
 Tanzania  Tanganyika
Zanzibar
1964 Yes
Union of African States  Ghana
 Guinea
 Mali
1958 Yes
(23 November 1958 - 1962)
The Union fell apart in 1962, when Guinea started to reach out to the United States, against the Marxist leaning of the other partners, who were more oriented towards the Cold War adversary of the U.S., the Soviet Union.
 United Arab Republic  Egypt
 Syria
1958 Yes
(22 February 1958 - 28 September 1961)
A short-lived Pan-Arab state.
United Arab States  United Arab Republic
North Yemen
1958 Yes
(8 March 1958 - 26 December 1961)
Loose confederation between United Arab Republic and North Yemen.
 Vietnam  North Vietnam
 South Vietnam
1976 Yes
 Yemen  North Yemen
 South Yemen
1990 Yes

19th Century

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Proposed state Components Time period Successful? Notes
(Absolute Monarchy: Black, White and red. Dictatorship: Black, red and orange) Greater German Empire (Not Nazi Germany) Kingdom of Prussia
South German Confederation
Kingdom of Bavaria
Kingdom of Württemberg
Grand Duchy of Baden
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Alsace-Lorraine (Part of French Third Republic)
(Grand duchy of) Luxembourg
Duchy of Schleswig
Duchy of Limburg
Duchy of Brunswick
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchy of Nassau
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (The duchy lost Saalfeld but gained Gotha and was renamed Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen (The family lost parts of the duchy in 1826 to the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha but gained the dukedom of Saxe-Altenburg in the same year.)
Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
(Duchy of) Anhalt-Dessau (Duchy of Anhalt from 1863)
(Duchy of) Anhalt-Bernburg (to 1863)
(Duchy of) Anhalt-Köthen (to 1847)
Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Principality of Liechtenstein
(Principality of) Hohenzollern-Hechingen (merged with Prussia in 1850)
(Principality of) Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (merged with Prussia in 1850)
Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont
Principality of Reuss-Greiz
Principality of Reuss-Gera
Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
Principality of Lippe
Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg
Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg
Free City of Lübeck
Free City of Frankfurt
Free City of Bremen
Free City of Hamburg
1815-1871 No The idea was conceived by the Austrians as an opposite foreign policy to that of Kingdom of Prussia, who just desired Lesser Germany, which was formed in 1871. Forming such an empire was very complex but the following set of steps and criteria was needed. Because Austria and Prussia did not fit inside the German confederation red line limits they both came up with their own ideas for the future of Germany. For Austria to form Greater Germany she would needed to have declared an illegitimate casus belli on the Prussian Kingdom for the principalities of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. These two small states were needed to create the South German Confederation which were not controlled by Austria but Prussia. Because Austrian Empire had influence over Bavaria, Wurttemberg and Baden, after Austria’s annexation of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; Austria would have forced them and donated their small piece of land, to create a satellite nation under their direct control. An alliance with France when going to war with Prussia would have helped greatly as well.

War with Denmark was required next to gain the German one of two reunification requirements, the first being the Duchy of Schleswig and the second being part of France itself; with the much needed imperial territory of Alsace-Lorraine. Because the German-Dualism and the future of the Germany was all about dominance over other countries; Austria needed to dominate Prussia for short period time. To influence it while being weak and not being on the world power list. What was very convenient at the time was that Prussian province of Silesia, which had the highest population and as a result the biggest industry of the kingdom was invested by Prussia greatly and was next to Austria itself. Taking this from Prussia would cause Austria to have a complete dominance over the historical modern Germany Empire as we knew it. What makes this idea so intriguing is the German Empire and Austrian Empire would be combined creating a super state. If this were to have happened the fate of Prussia itself is unknown, either it would be annexed by Austrian Emperor incorporating the entire territory into the archduke itself or the title would have been given to him making him the King of Prussia. The other states would remain the same. The total km2 of the empire would have been 1,239,557.54km2, while in square miles it would have been 478,596 sq mi. In comparison Mail is slightly bigger. If the merger were successful then the following title would be created for the emperor of the Germany this is listed below: His Imperial and Royal Majesty Franz Josef the first, by the Grace of God, Emperor of the Germans, King of (Prussia), Hungary, Bohemia, Lombardy, Venice, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria and Illyria; Archduke of Austria; Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cracow, Lower Rhine and of Posen, Sovereign and supreme Duke of Silesia and of the County of Glatz, Duke of Saxony of Westphalia, Angria, Pomerania, Lüneburg, Holstein and Schleswig, Magdeburg, Bremen, Guelders, Cleves, Jülich, Wends, Kassubes, Crossen, Lauenburg, Mecklenburg and Bergof, Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Bukovina, Modena, Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, Auschwitz, Zator, Teschen, Friuli, Ragusa (Dubrovnik), Zara (Zadar) and Upper and Lower Silesia; Grand Prince of Transylvania; Burgrave of Nuremberg, Landgrave of Hesse and Thuringia, Margrave of Moravia, Brandenburg, Upper and Lower of Lusatia and in Istria; Princely Count of Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg, Gorizia and Gradisca and Henneberg; Count of Hohenzollern, Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg, Mark, of Ravensberg, of Hohenstein, Tecklenburg and Lingen, of Mansfeld, Sigmaringen and Veringen; Prince of Trent (Trento), Brixen; Rügen, East Friesland, Paderborn, Pyrmont, Halberstadt, Münster, Minden, Osnabrück, Hildesheim, of Verden, Cammin, Fulda, Nassau and Moers, Lord of Frankfurt , Trieste, Cattaro (Kotor), and over the Windic march..

Antillean Confederation Cuba

Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic

1869 or 1870 No Proposed by Ramón Emeterio Betances.
United States United States
Texas
1845 Yes
(1845–present)
See Texas annexation
Peru–Bolivian Confederation Bolivia
Peru
1829–1839 Yes
(1836–1839)
Scandinavia  Denmark
 Norway
 Sweden
Mid-19th Century. No
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland  Kingdom of Great Britain
 Kingdom of Ireland
1800 Yes
(1801-1922)

18th Century

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Proposed state Components Time period Successful? Notes
Kingdom of Great Britain  Kingdom of England
 Kingdom of Scotland
1707 Yes

16th Century

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Proposed state Components Time period Successful? Notes
Polish–Lithuanian–Muscovite Commonwealth Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Tsardom of Russia
1574-1658 No
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