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Concept
Rump state
Summary
A rump state is the remnant of a once much larger state, left with a reduced territory in the wake of secession, annexation, occupation, decolonization, or a successful coup d'état or revolution on part of its former territory. In the last case, a government stops short of going into exile because it controls part of its former territory.
Examples
Ancient history
*During the Second Intermediate Period, following the conquest of Lower Egypt by the Hyksos, there was a rump Egyptian kingdom in Upper Egypt centered on Thebes, which eventually reunified the country at the start of the New Kingdom.
- Seleucid Empire after losing most of its territory to the Parthian Empire.
- The State of Shu Han during the Chinese Three Kingdoms Period, claimed to be a continuation of the original Han Dynasty.
- The Eastern Jin was a rump state of the Western Jin after the Upheaval of the Five Barbarians.
- After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in Gaul, the Kingdom of Soissons s
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