is an unrecognised self-declared sovereign state that is internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia.[2][4] The government of Somaliland regards the territory as the successor state to the British Somaliland protectorate, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of Somaliland,[5][6] before uniting with the Trust Territory of Somalia (the former Italian Somaliland) later the same week to form the Somali Republic.