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1 day ago · Protectorates are one of the oldest features of international relations, dating back to the Roman Empire. Civitates foederatae were cities that were subordinate to Rome for their foreign relations. In the Middle Ages, Andorra was a protectorate of France and Spain. Modern protectorate concepts were devised in the nineteenth century.
- British Protected Person
A British protected person (BPP) is a member of a class of...
- Bhutan
Bhutan (/ b uː ˈ t ɑː n / ⓘ boo-TAHN; Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་,...
- British Protected Person
15 hours ago · Botswana ( English: Land of the Tswana; / bɒtˈswɑːnə / ⓘ, also UK: / bʊt -, bʊˈtʃw -/ [17] ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( Setswana: Lefatshe la Botswana, [lɪˈfatsʰɪ la bʊˈtswana] ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the ...
1 day ago · Two small Spanish enclaves, Ceuta and Melilla, are situated on the country’s northern coast. Morocco, mountainous country of western North Africa that lies directly across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain. Morocco’s largest city and major Atlantic Ocean port is Casablanca. The capital, Rabat, lies a short distance to the north on the ...
15 hours ago · The Sultanate of Sulu (Tausug: Kasultanan sin Sūg; Malay: Kesultanan Sulu; Filipino: Sultanato ng Sulu) was a Sunni Muslim state that ruled the Sulu Archipelago, coastal areas of Zamboanga City and certain portions of Palawan in the today's Philippines, alongside parts of present-day Sabah, North and East Kalimantan in north-eastern Borneo.
3 days ago · Continental Equatorial Guinea is a roughly rectangular territory bounded by Cameroon to the north and Gabon to the east and south. Near the coast are the small islands of Corisco and Great and Little Elobey. Bioko, by far the largest of the islands, lies off the coast of Cameroon in the Bight of Biafra. Annobón, a volcanic island, lies south ...
1 day ago · Brunei, [b] officially State of Brunei, and formally Brunei Darussalam, [c] [d] is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with its territory bifurcated by the Sarawak district of Limbang.
2 days ago · Cameroon, country lying at the junction of western and central Africa. Its ethnically diverse population is among the most urban in western Africa. The capital is Yaoundé, located in the south-central part of the country. Cameroon. The country’s name is derived from Rio dos Camarões (“River of Prawns”)—the name given to the Wouri ...
