East Asia in 1930
This map shows the 15 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in East Asia in 1930
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Republic of China
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Mongolian People's Republic
- Empire of Japan
- Anti-Kuomintang Coalition
- British Raj
- French Indochina
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Tibet
- United States of America
- Chinese Communists
- British Colonial Empire
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Kingdom of Italy
- Estado Novo
New on the map since 1905
Republic of China · Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Mongolian People's Republic · Anti-Kuomintang Coalition · Tibet · Chinese Communists · Estado Novo
Gone from the map by 1955
Empire of Japan · Anti-Kuomintang Coalition · British Raj · Rattanakosin Kingdom · Tibet · Chinese Communists · Kingdom of Belgium · Kingdom of Italy
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East Asia in other years
Other regions in 1930
The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.