Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Vardar Banovina).
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The wealthy Slovenia and Croatia went independent in 1991, then followed by FYROM. After that Bosnia went independent in 1992. Serbia and Montenegro never declared independence and have kept the name Yugoslavia for their own Union.
Macedonia
They were independent republics.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republic.It was disbanned over 10 years ago and the various republics such as the Ukraine obtained their independence.
They were independent republics.
They were independent republics
Mississippi
Before it was a park, it was a cluster of villages where roughly 1,600 of the city's poorest residents lived.
Some of the Greek city-states were republics, Athens for example.
the british ruled Trinidad before independence
Bolivia was ruled by Spain before it achieved independence.
Texas was in independent republic before statehood.
The queen of England (queen Elizabeth) ruled Botswana before independence.