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| This island is divided between Turkish and Greek nationalities. |
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| These two countries emerged when a former satellite of the Soviet Union divided peacefully. |
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| Czech Republic and Slovakia |
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| This country was created after WWI uniting ethnicities that spoke similar Slavic languages. |
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| This country includes the Darfur region where genocide is taking place. |
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| When Balkanization occurred, this country emerged rather peacefully. |
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| These African countries suffered horrific genocide in conflict between Hutus and Tutsis. |
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| It became a state in 1948. |
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| One of these African countries fought a 30-year war of independence against the other. |
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| An "ethnostate" that has had conflict with immigrants from N. Africa. |
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| The northern part of Iraq used to be part of this now non-existent country. |
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| Where the Tamils (Hindu minority) are fighting the majority Buddhist Sinhalese. |
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| When this country was invaded, WWII began. |
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| This province is predominately French; in 1995 it avoided secession. |
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| These former Soviet republics include Ukraine, Belarus & Moldova. |
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| New Eastern European nation-states |
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| Boers (Afrikaners or Dutch descendants) began Apartheid after the British gave this country independence. |
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| These former Soviet republics' names include "stan" which means "land of." |
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| This mostly Muslim province is currently at civil war with Moscow. |
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| These European countries were the first to withdraw from the USSR. |
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| Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania |
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| This country in the Horn of Africa was the site of "Blackhawk Down." |
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| This country's state is made of 4 nations; is an example of devolution. |
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| These Countries in the Caucasus region have instability because of ethnic competition. (They are also former Soviet republics.) |
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| Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia |
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| The world's largest multi-national state with 39 nationalities. |
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| This country was absorbed into China by force in the 1950s. |
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| Europe's best example of a nation-state, it is 97% one ethnicity. |
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| It's plurality is Muslim; it suffered genocide by Yugoslavia in early '90s. |
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| Now separate from Serbia, its ethnic Albanians were persecuted under Slobodan Milosevic. NATO came to its aid in 1999. |
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| The UDF and the IRA have use violence here to achieve political means. |
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| This country has suffered political instability since 1975. In 2006, a militant group, Hezbollah, kidnapped an Israeli soldier and a short war began. |
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| This country, once controlled by the Belgians, became independent as Zaire. |
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| The region in conflict between India and Pakistan; it is mostly Muslim. |
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