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European Secessionist Movements on a Map

Europe has a lot of regions with an active movement seeking greater autonomy or even independence. Can you name these regions on the map below?
This map does not claim to be complete!
In most of these regions, the majority of the population does not support independence
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Currently part of
Secessionist movement
Finland
Åland Islands
France, Spain
Basque Country
Germany
Bavaria
France
Brittany
Spain
Catalonia
United Kingdom
Cornwall
France
Corsica
Belgium
Flanders
Spain
Galicia
Currently part of
Secessionist movement
Finland, Russia
Karelia
Denmark
Faroe Islands
Czech Republic
Moravia
Italy
Padania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Republika Srpska
United Kingdom
Scotland
Italy
Sicily
Moldova
Transnistria
Serbia
Vojvodina
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82 Comments
Geografii
+31
Level 58
Nov 17, 2018
Could you accept "Ahvenanmaa" for Åland? It's their Finnish name.
IsleAuHaulte
+28
Level 92
Mar 5, 2020
https://www.jetpunk.com/fi
Jerry928
+4
Level 76
Nov 17, 2018
Great quiz! I nominate this for a star (despite my already having awarded Faroe Islands their independence!)
PpShekels
+23
Level 66
Nov 17, 2018
Nice quiz, could you accept Euskadi for the Basque Country?
WT2008
+4
Level 77
Nov 18, 2018
RS for Republika Srpska?
Djilas
+15
Level 86
Nov 19, 2018
No, RS is primarily Serbia.
EvaR
+1
Level 67
Jan 14, 2019
no, it's not
KoljiVriVoda
+20
Level 81
Sep 16, 2019
Yes, it is. Republic of Serbia.
AceRimmer
+3
Level 58
Feb 8, 2019
I tried various English translations of the name, but never thought to write the original one, although I do know it...
Protokletos
+2
Level 65
Aug 12, 2020
At least an english translation. I knew it but couldn't spell Republika Srpska. where does the 'p' come from?
LAlphy
+9
Level 66
May 17, 2022
The 'p' comes from the alphabet
Minecraftyoshi2
+4
Level 57
Nov 21, 2024
Or the bladder either way
Algernon
+6
Level 74
Nov 18, 2018
Great quiz. I would never have got the two in Finland but I'm kickin myself about the Serbian one, I thought it was in southern Serbia for some reason.

A little more flexibility on some of the spellings would be nice, those aren't all well known or easy to spell answers.

Sirlandlord
+12
Level 74
Nov 18, 2018
Nice quiz, obviously not all these movements are equally serious. But good quiz, nonetheless.

Maybe add Northern Ireland, Sardinia, Eastern Ukraine, Gotland.

promastermage
+5
Level 62
Nov 19, 2018
It's good that there are regions from all of Europe, apart from scale of the separatist activity.
redsplat
+5
Level 72
Nov 19, 2018
Cool idea for a quiz! Would like to see one for all the continents...
sumguy
+5
Level 87
Nov 20, 2018
No Chechnya?
cadeu
+1
Level 47
Nov 10, 2022
used to exist
iuvas
+8
Level 99
Nov 21, 2018
actually, Padania could be sub-divided in Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto and so on. And i don't think Lombardy should be accepted as a solution for the entire region.

Moreover, whilst Padania is seen as an unique entity by its supporters, who think it should be a state on its own, there is an historic independent movement in Alto Adige / Sudtirol which seeks independence from Italy (and i think would equally seek independence from Padania) with the ultimate aim of being united to Austria.

That's why i would add this other secessionist movement to the quiz

cornflakesfu
+1
Level 89
Jan 13, 2019
Wow, Padania is like half of Italy.
WanderingWolf
+2
Level 44
Jan 13, 2019
Great quiz! It was an extremely unique geography quiz, which I certainly appreciate. I've made a few of my own, but hardly had the same level of creativity :)
amgine
+3
Level 67
Jan 13, 2019
Sandzak (Serbia and Montenegro), Istria (Croatia), Novorossiya (Ukraine), Liberland (Serbia)
grisarbrett
+4
Level 49
Jan 14, 2019
Liberland isn't about secession, as its attempting to claim land that is yet to be claimed by anyone.
milancampion
+1
Level 74
Sep 16, 2021
Liberland is a dumb vanity project
pm707
+9
Level 30
Jan 13, 2019
What about Wales? YesCymru is gaining momentum
geoquizpro
+1
Level 58
Jan 13, 2019
Wales has never been close to wanting to leave the UK, even considering Brexit. A BBC poll from 2018 had those wanting independence at only 7%
Roger77024
+3
Level 56
Jan 13, 2019
In which case, how come Plaid Cymru got 21% of the vote at 2016 Welsh Assembly elections, giving them 20% of the seats?
JonOfKent
+6
Level 61
Jun 29, 2020
Well nor has Cornwall, but so what?

Plaid Cymru campaign on all sorts of issues. Just as it's been shown that not everyone who votes for the SNP wants Scottish independence.

kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
Jan 13, 2019
Ridiculous. Can't we all just get along?
rocamorar
+18
Level 80
Jan 15, 2019
It's not a matter of getting along or not. It's a matter not feeling adequately represented by the state you are living in (because the interests and preferences of the majority of the rest of the country are different from yours).

What's wrong of wishing for a different state? It's not as if the current borders had been drawn after negotiated consensus and democratic elections...

Findlay
+11
Level 80
Feb 29, 2020
Well Scotland just got yanked out of the EU against the will of its people - a situation independence would have fixed. One doesn't need to be some archaic nationalist to be concerned with these issues.
JonOfKent
+5
Level 61
Jun 29, 2020
Especially in western Europe, countries are not an artificial construct. They are groupings of people sharing a common language, history, culture etc. They are somewhat more artificial than a family is, but much less artificial than you say.
brandybuck96
+2
Level 82
Dec 20, 2022
About half the population of England also got yanked out of the EU against their will, but that's nothing independence wouldn't fix. And a surprising number of Scots voted for Brexit.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 82
Dec 7, 2023
would* fix
SuperPotato2000
+4
Level 55
Jan 13, 2019
What about Székelyföld? It's a region in Tranyslvania mostly populated by hungarians that wants autonomy.
cuotak
+6
Level 70
Jan 13, 2019
Probably can include Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics
Roger77024
+2
Level 56
Jan 13, 2019
And Crimea - there must be some Ukrainians left there.
milyagem
+4
Level 43
Jan 14, 2019
Russian-induced secession isn't real secession...Transnistria should be removed from this. Crimea was illegally annexed.
WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
+1
Level 56
Jan 13, 2019
Karelia? Really?
Cereza
+6
Level 31
Jan 13, 2019
having grown up in Bavaria, I've never met anyone in favor of independence either. Of splitting up the state and making it two maybe, but not of somehow not being part of Germany anymore.
Factoriel41
+2
Level 51
Jan 13, 2019
Never heard about a secessionist movement in Moravia, interesting.
dsaved
+6
Level 71
Jan 13, 2019
Padania's area is grossly exhaggerated. Tuscany, Umbria, Marche and most of Emilia Romagna would NEVER split from Italy to join an entity called "Padania".
Quizmaster
+9
Level ∞
Jan 13, 2019
Secessionists are living in fantasy land anyway.
rocamorar
+5
Level 80
Jan 15, 2019
In 1775 someone made that same comment.
Matriks404
+5
Level 26
Jan 13, 2019
Transnistria is already independent, so it doesn't really fit with separatist movements.
PatoPotato
+2
Level 55
Jan 13, 2019
Didin't see that Cornwall was yellow and was trying Gibraltar, Guernsey and Jersey. Should've seen it
hwes
+3
Level 89
Jan 13, 2019
Bavaria? but not the actual area of Ukraine trying to secede?
Chronikhiles
+1
Level 49
Jan 13, 2019
Informative.
TangoMike
+5
Level 51
Jan 14, 2019
One solution - workers of the world, unite!

You have nothing to lose but your chains.

amm14
+10
Level 68
Jan 14, 2019
It's worked out so well for them every time they have. Just look at the workers' paradise in the USSR, PRC, DPRK, Venezuela, etc.
Valenmiceli
+6
Level 63
Jul 10, 2020
commies are so dumb...
milancampion
+1
Level 74
Sep 16, 2021
Or the USA for that matter
Gigalol12
+3
Level 56
Jan 14, 2019
1.Padania is much smaller than that

2.But there aren't many people for Vojvodina and Moravias independence, instead of them you should have included for example Wales, Sicily or Wallonia

Urdaneta
+1
Level 59
Jan 16, 2019
Novorussia should be in there.
Gassu
+4
Level 69
Jan 16, 2019
This map does not claim to be complete!
IsleAuHaulte
+5
Level 92
Mar 8, 2019
No Sea Land?
LAlphy
+1
Level 66
May 17, 2022
Based Sealand
ubaldo
+1
Level 52
Apr 18, 2019
Padania is too wide and should be separated from Veneto, also Sardinia is missing
EytanMelech
+1
Level 66
Dec 8, 2019
Could you be a little more lenient on the spelling of Brittany?
RunningColours
+1
Level 32
Feb 26, 2020
Would be nice to accept Carelia for Karelia
Relox84
+1
Level 69
Apr 29, 2020
I tried "Voivodine" and "Serb(ian) republic", and was quite confused. Maybe you could accept more English-friendly translations and transliterations?
PatrikH
+1
Level 75
Jun 6, 2020
There is no seccessionist movement in Moravia.
JonOfKent
+2
Level 61
Jun 29, 2020
May we have "Faeroe islands" and "Aaland islands"?
Damangio
+2
Level 64
Feb 19, 2021
Please accept "Serbian Republic" and "Aaland."
Vallzo
+1
Level 72
Dec 23, 2021
What is "Aaland"?
WeaponXtreme310
+2
Level 38
May 21, 2021
Say srpska five times fast
sumguy
+1
Level 87
Jul 30, 2021
The Faroe Islands are out of order, alphabetically.
milancampion
+1
Level 74
Sep 16, 2021
Vojvodina is not a secessionist movement - merely a culturally mixed area in which some citizens would like a little more autonomy (just 5% want full independence)
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 60
Feb 14, 2022
I wonder what those islands would do it they actually did gain independence, lol
prederone
+1
Level 55
Feb 25, 2022
bruh lombardy does not want independence, and the border on the map is northern italy, not only lombardy
Hibasi
+1
Level 71
May 9, 2022
I remember when I left Bosnia to Croatia, there was a sign saying "Welcome to Republika Srpska" and I thought it means Serbia and I was wondering why the hell it said Welcome to Serbia in Bosnia
cadeu
+2
Level 47
Nov 10, 2022
what about donetsk and luhansk? they existed since 2014
antonlb
+2
Level 36
May 18, 2023
Nice quiz. Btw, could you accept Galiza as an answer for Galicia?
GlassMonkeyOLD
+1
Level 69
Feb 12, 2024
In this map the Shetlands and the Faroe islands are exactly the same shape.
KewVene
+1
Level 47
May 16, 2024
Padania is not a real thing, but Veneto, Friuli, South Tyrol and much more are independentist nations. Also Occitania, Sardinia and South Italy
Whalociraptor
+1
Level 60
Sep 23, 2024
What no Wales?
Makoska24
+1
Level 56
Jan 5, 2025
Also transylvania in Romania
davrousseau
+1
Level 75
Feb 20, 2025
Republica Srpska should probably be accepted for Republika Srpska
megaloceros
+1
Level 71
Feb 25, 2025
accept « voivodina » for vojvodina ?

I know it's not technically correct but it is used in some languages and the j isn't pronounced as a postalveolar sibilant affricate like it is in english, it's like a german palatal glide

WhaLFC
+1
Level 64
Jul 1, 2025
Missed off Wales
Joheemah
+1
Level 65
Oct 10, 2025
I would have gotten Transnistria if I'd seen it.
MCdoesgeography
+1
Level 74
Nov 25, 2025
My entire life I've lived in an allegedly secessionist region in a bigger, allegedly secessionist, region. But to be honest, having met thousands of people, I've NEVER actually met someone that was pro-secession. These maps are always greatly exaggerated. Transnistria? Surely. Scotland? Maybe. Bavaria? Certainly not.
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