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Republic of New Afrika
Republic of New Afrika (RNA), also spelled Republic of New Africa: Black nationalist organization founded in Detroit in March 1968 that declared independence from the United States, claimed five Southern states, demanded reparations, and faced COINTELPRO repression.
Republic of New Granada
The Republic of New Granada (República de la Nueva Granada) was a unitary republic occupying present-day Colombia and Panama from 1831 to 1858, when it became the Granadine Confederation.
Republic of North Peru
The Republic of North Peru, officially the Estado Nor-Peruano, was a state of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation from 1836 to 1839, with its capital at Lima.
Republic of Pirates
The Republic of Pirates was a pirate haven based at Nassau in the Bahamas, home to Blackbeard and other captains until the British reconquest of 1718.
Republic of Poljica
The Republic of Poljica (Poljička republika) was an autonomous community in central Dalmatia south of Split, self-governing from the 13th century until abolition in 1807 and known for its medieval statute.
Republic of Ragusa
The Republic of Ragusa, also known as the Republic of Dubrovnik, was a powerful mercantile maritime state situated on the Adriatic coast, developing into a major East-West trade intermediary.
Republic of Rose Island
The Republic of Rose Island (Insulo de la Rozoj) was a micronation built by engineer Giorgio Rosa on an artificial platform in the Adriatic Sea, declared in 1968 and destroyed by Italy in 1969.
Republic of Salé
The Republic of Salé, also known as the Corsair Republic of Salé or Bou Regreg Republic, was a 17th-century corsair state at Rabat and Salé on Morocco's Atlantic coast.
Republic of Serbian Krajina (Република Српска Крајина)
Republic of Serbian Krajina (Република Српска Крајина), also Republika Srpska Krajina, was a self-proclaimed, unrecognized Serb proto-state in Croatia, 19 December 1991 to 5 August 1995, collapsed in Operation Storm with some 300,000 Serbs displaced.
Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces
The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) are Sierra Leone's Army, Navy and Air Force under the 1991 Constitution, with the President as Commander-in-Chief. Reformed after the 1991-2002 civil war, they focus on border security, civilian control, and UN peacekeeping contributions.
Republic of Singapore Air Force
Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), formerly Singapore Air Defence Command (SADC), is Singapore's air force, founded 1 September 1968 to replace departing Royal Air Force defence, renamed RSAF 1 April 1975, now fielding F-15SG, F-16, and F-35 fighters.
Republic of Singapore Navy
Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), the naval service of the Singapore Armed Forces founded in 1967 and a separate service since 1975. Defends Singapore's waters and sea lines of communication with Formidable-class frigates, Invincible-class submarines, and the Malacca Straits Patrol.
Republic of South Africa (1961–1984)
Republic of South Africa (1961–1984): the apartheid-era South African state created by the 1961 Constitution Act after a whites-only referendum and Commonwealth withdrawal, governed under a ceremonial State President, and replaced on 3 September 1984 by the tricameral 1983 constitution.
Republic of South Maluku
The Republic of South Maluku (Republik Maluku Selatan, RMS) was an unrecognized state proclaimed in Ambon in 1950, defeated by Indonesia but surviving as a government-in-exile in the Netherlands.
Republic of South Peru
The Republic of South Peru (Spanish: República Sud-Peruana), formally the South-Peruvian State, was one of three republics of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation, proclaimed at Sicuani in 1836.
Republic of Spanish Haiti
The Republic of Spanish Haiti, or República del Haití Español, was a short-lived state on eastern Hispaniola, proclaimed in December 1821 and annexed by Haiti in 1822.
Republic of Texas
The Republic of Texas, also called the Lone Star Republic, was an independent nation in North America from 1836 to 1846, when it became the 28th US state.
Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Central African country of 6.1 million on the Congo River; oil-dependent economy, ruled by Denis Sassou N'Guesso since 1979 with a 1992-1997 break, re-elected 2026 with 94.90%.
Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), also Congo-Léopoldville, the independent Congolese state from June 30, 1960 to August 1, 1964, governed under the Basic Law, capital Léopoldville, later renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Republic of the Rif
The Republic of the Rif was a short-lived state in northern Morocco, proclaimed by Abd el-Krim in 1921 and crushed by a Franco-Spanish invasion in 1926.
Republic of the Rio Grande
The Republic of the Rio Grande (República del Río Grande) was a breakaway Mexican state proclaimed at Laredo in January 1840 by Federalists from Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, and Coahuila.
Republic of Upper Canada
Republic of Upper Canada, also called Republic of Canada: short-lived state proclaimed by William Lyon Mackenzie from Navy Island in the Niagara River in December 1837 after the failed Upper Canada Rebellion, ended by militia action and the 1838 Patriot War raids.
Republic of Upper Volta
Republic of Upper Volta (Haute-Volta), West African state 1958–1984; self-governing 1958, independent 5 August 1960, renamed Burkina Faso 4 August 1984 under Thomas Sankara.
Republic of Užice
The Republic of Užice (Ужичка република) was a Partisan and Chetnik-liberated territory in western Serbia held for 67 days in 1941, falling to a German offensive on 29 November.
Republic of Vemerana
The Republic of Vemerana, also spelled Vemarana, was an unrecognized secessionist state proclaimed on Espiritu Santo in 1980 by Jimmy Stevens's Nagriamel movement, quashed after three months as the Coconut War.
Republic of Venice
Republic of Venice (La Serenissima, Repubblica di Venezia): lagoon city-state from the 7th century, oligarchic republic under an elected doge, Mediterranean trade and naval empire via the Arsenal, ended by the Treaty of Campoformio in 1797.
Republic of Vietnam Air Force
The Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) was the air service of South Vietnam from the 1950s until April 1975, built almost entirely through US assistance.
Republic of Vietnam Navy
The Republic of Vietnam Navy was South Vietnam's naval service from 1955 to 1975, growing to 42,000 personnel and 1,400 ships during the Vietnam War.
Republic of Yucatán
Republic of Yucatán (República de Yucatán), the separatist peninsular state that declared independence from centralist Mexico on October 1, 1841, and rejoined the federation by Miguel Barbachano's decree of August 17, 1848, amid the Caste War.
Republic of Zamboanga
The Republic of Zamboanga was a short-lived revolutionary government in Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines, led by General Vicente Alvarez and ended by American rule in 1903.