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Southeast Asia in 1930

This map shows the 11 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.

Map of Southeast Asia in 1930 with 11 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1930

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Dutch East Indies
  • British Colonial Empire
  • French Indochina
  • British Raj
  • Rattanakosin Kingdom
  • Republic of China
  • United States of America
  • Anti-Kuomintang Coalition
  • Empire of Japan
  • Estado Novo
  • Commonwealth of Australia

New on the map since 1905

Republic of China · Anti-Kuomintang Coalition · Estado Novo

Gone from the map by 1955

Dutch East Indies · British Raj · Rattanakosin Kingdom · Anti-Kuomintang Coalition · Empire of Japan

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Southeast 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.