Lots of conflicts going on around this time, including the Russian Civil War and a bunch of independence wars revolving around it, the Hungarian-Romanian War, the Greater Poland Uprising, etc.
I probably forgot to mention one or two, but it explain the messy borders, haha.
It was an attempt at an anarcho-communist society by the Black Army which actually lasted from 1918 to 1921. I'm using the term anarchist very loosely here, because they did have a military leader for all of its existence.
Possibly add RSFSR as a option for Russia as it became the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1917, as they were the de facto rulers of Russia even with a Civil War.
Thanks. Iceland gained sovereignity on December 1st 1918. Nonetheless, the state remained in personal union (shared a common monarch) with Denmark until 1944.
random fun fact you did not need to know: right after the armistice, on nov. 11 and in mid. november 1918 in general, there were FOUR polish states at once, most joining poland by the start of december, except Tarnobrzeg, which lasted till january 1919. And the main polish state, of course.
Nope, but there was also a "Bottleneck Free State" that technically existed as some sort of quasi-state centered around Lorch, Germany around this point in time.
I probably forgot to mention one or two, but it explain the messy borders, haha.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lemberg_(1918)
Any chance that, somewhere in time, there was a country that was actually named "Banana Republic"?