Table of Contents
List of Illustrations viii
List of Figures xiv
List of Maps xv
Introduction 1
1 Tolosa: Soujourn of the Visigoths (AD 418-507) 13
2 Alt Clud: Kingdom of the Rock (Fifth to Twelfth Centuries) 33
3 Burgundia: Five, Six or Seven Kingdoms (c. 411-1795) 85
4 Aragon: A Mediterranean Empire (1137-1714) 151
5 Litva: A Grand Duchy with Kings (1253-1795) 229
6 Byzantion: The Star-lit Golden Bough (330-1453) 309
7 Borussia: Watery Land of the Prusai (1230-1945) 325
8 Sabaudia: The House that Humbert Built (1033-1946) 395
9 Galicia: Kingdom of the Naked and Starving (1773-1918) 439
10 Etruria: French Snake in the Tuscan Grass (1801-1814) 491
11 Rosenau: The Loved and Unwanted Legacy (1826-1918) 539
12 Tsernagora: Kingdom of the Black Mountain (1910-1918) 575
13 Rusyn: The Republic of One Day (15 March 1939) 621
14 Éire: The Unconscionable Tempo of the Crown's Retreat since 1916 635
15 CCCP: The Ultimate Vanishing Act (1924-1991) 687
How States Die 729
Notes 740
Acknowledgements 791
Index 793