Former protectorates

Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is an archipelagic country in South Asia, located in the eastern Arabian Sea, within the northern Indian Ocean. Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about from the Asian continent's mainland. Maldives' chain of 26 atolls stretches across the equator from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to Addu Atoll in the south.

state of Korea from October 1897 to August 29, 1910

former German possession in the African Great Lakes region between 1884–1919

colonial protectorate of the German Empire from 1884 to 1919 comprising the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and its various nearby islands

autonomous administrative unit of Nazi Germany in the occupied Czech lands (1939–1945)

former colony of the German Empire

principality on the Balkan Peninsula between 1878 and 1908

Togoland, officially the Togoland Protectorate (; ), was a protectorate of the German Empire in West Africa from 1884 to 1914, encompassing what is now the nation of Togo and most of what is now the Volta Region of Ghana, approximately 90,400 km2 (29,867 sq mi) in size. During the period known as the "Scramble for Africa", the colony was established in 1884 and was gradually extended inland.

French protectorate encompassing the central region of Vietnam, 1883-1948

1912–1956 protectorate in northwest Africa

kingdom in Southeast Europe between 1939–1943

colony and protectorate of the German Empire in Oceania from 1900 to 1920

island in Wallis and Futuna

British protectorate 1820–1971 in Persian Gulf, precursor to United Arab Emirates

historical state in the French Mandate in Palestine

former country

French protectorate

former princely state in India

former country

1899 German–Spanish Treaty

Indian princely state, 1147-1948

Arakan Kingdom

French protectorate

Kaiser-Wilhelmsland ("Emperor William's Land") formed part of German New Guinea (), the South Pacific protectorate of the German Empire. Named in honour of Wilhelm I, who reigned as German Emperor () from 1871 to 1888, it included the northern part of present-day Papua New Guinea. From 1884 until 1920 the territory was a protectorate () of the German Empire. Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, the Bismarck Archipelago (including New Mecklenburg and New Pomerania), the northern Solomon Islands, the Caroline Islands, Palau, Nauru, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Marshall Islands comprised German New Guin

region of Han dynasty suzerainty over previously independent states

protectorate established by the Tang Dynasty in 640 to control the Tarim Basin

client state of Palestine

island group in Western Pacific

island declared a french protectorate in 1882

princely state of the British Raj

princely state in present-day India

world War II Nazi-controlled zone

former kingdom in present-day India

Monarchy in India (1193–1948)