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No. Finland did have a civil war shortly after declaring independence, though.
The Czech Republic was part of Czechoslovakia before that country split, forming the Czech Repuiblic and Slovakia.
No, you do not have to say "check" before declaring "checkmate" in a game of chess.
Ceylon was Sri Lanka's old name before it became a republic.
Texas was once a country known as the Republic of Texas before it joined the United States in 1845.
The Democratic Republic of Congo was a Belgium colony. The Republic of Congo was a France colony.
This is a 1845 Republic of Texas flag, the flag which flew over the Texas Republic before it became occupied by the US government.
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Slovenia was part of the Socialistic Federative Republic of Yugoslavia for many decades before the 1990s.
Mandatory, before the first usage.