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Federations
Iraq and Jordan were once one country under a united Hashemite throne.
The two monarchs - Hussein of Jordan and Faisal II of Iraq - created a
federation in 1958. It lasted a few months - until Faisal II of Iraq
was deposed and killed in a military coup.
Syria and Egypt proclaimed in a federation in February 1958. It lasted
till September 1961. It was called the United Arab Republic (UAR) and
had the hallmarks of a unitary state: single flag and anthem, shared
armed services and common foreign policy. Egypt retained the name -
UAR - until 1971.
Ukraine was nominally independent even during the heyday of the Soviet
Union. It maintained its own delegation to the United Nations, for
instance. The USSR was a federation between Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
and the Transcaucasus with a formal right to secede granted to each of
the constituents.
Lagos - today, a state within Nigeria incorporating the largest city
in the country and, for a long time, its capital - was made a separate
British colony in 1886. It was administered from Freetown, Sierra
Leone.
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