I think those are the two major contenders.
Possibly, but it'd be a politically and/or physically isolated country.
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And look what they got for their trouble. Damned Hippies.
Well, it worked as long as there was no external influence. Once British shipped Maoris to Chatham Islands then Morioris were in deep trouble. I think the key lesson from the destiny of Morioris is that never ignore the possibility of external influence even if you are the most tree-hugging and peace-loving person.
It was insubstantial enough to never have a chance of accomplishing anything, regardless of the number of peasants who died as a result. Hideyori had a legitimate claim to inherit the Shogunate from his father and was able to raise a larger force of soldiers, although not enough to avoid being reduced in short order. He wasn't able to raise enough opposition to mount an effective civil war, although it was more than a passing rebellion so I'll grant there are reasonable grounds to start at 1615 rather than 1600.
That conflict involved France, the Netherlands, and the United States, as well as Britain, but on the Japanese side it was conducted by the Choshu daimyo family and limited to their domain and the adjacent sea passage.
So the key lesson of the Morioris is that it's ok to be a peace-loving Hippie provided that you've made absolutely sure to nuke every single other human on earth first?Well, it worked as long as there was no external influence. Once British shipped Maoris to Chatham Islands then Morioris were in deep trouble. I think the key lesson from the destiny of Morioris is that never ignore the possibility of external influence even if you are the most tree-hugging and peace-loving person.
Hmmm... probably just preparing for war is a little more humane.
I was thinking about basically the German part of the HRE. But apparently I was wrong.
Quite, and breaking that tradition in 1940 was an extremely regrettable mistake.
They haven't had proper wars since they were conquered by Napoleon?
They haven´t been a nation since Napoleon conquered Malta either. I don´t think Knights Hospitallers era of peace from 1798 to 2009 really counts.
Here's another contender, Korea. Their long peace starts at the end of the Second Manchu Invasion of 1636-37, and lasts until a dust up with the French in 1866 or the Japanese annexation in 1907.
Edit: Scratch them, they had a series of peasant uprisings in the inter-meaning years.
Edit: Scratch them, they had a series of peasant uprisings in the inter-meaning years.
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maybe Andorra
They were last invaded in 1512 by Aragonese troops. The co-prince is then definitively the King of Navarra whose title goes to the kings of France and later presidents of France. But these latters never involved Andorra in their wars. It even remained independant and neutral in the Spain Succession War in the late XVIIth c.
During the Revolution, the new french Republic doesn't want the nobiliary title of co-prince but Andorrans manage to convince Napoleon to take it back. All the while pacifically : who would care to invade a 3000 inhabitants and a few cows mountainous country
(The first true road appears in 1913, to Spain, the second to France in 1933 !)But in 1812, Andorra is integrated administratively in a french department. It gains its independance back in 1814. Would it count as a limit ? It would then be 300 years of "peace". But it is not really an invasion or a revolution...
During the XIXth century there are political troubles between conservators and more liberal people (or at least wanting to try more liberal trades such as a casino or tabacco plants that the conservators would not like to see
). I can't say it would count as "civil war" or else any brawl in an irish bar is a revolution Nevertheless, the 1861 strife was violent but didn't lead to any change.Andorra goes out of its neutrality during WWI (but when ? it's unclear) and realises in 1939 that it is still in war with Germany !
they forgot to sign the Versailles Treaty ! o So Andorra signs a peace treaty with Germany in september 1939 and remains neutral during WWII.So, Andorra would be a pretender from 1512 to 1914 or 1861 if you count the revolts as a "civil war" or 1812 if you count the napoleonic administrative annexion. At least 300 years and maybe 400
Peace between Poland and... Germany (HRE) lasted since ca. 1329 till 1772...
But both nations experienced war with other nations during that period.
Peace between Poland and... Germany (HRE) lasted since ca. 1329 till 1772...
Peace between Poland and... Korea lasted even longer
Peace between Poland and... Korea lasted even longer
How about peace between Sweden and Japan? I think those two nations have never fought each other and Sweden regained her independence in 1520s under Gustavus Vasa while both Poland and Korea lost their independence. Poland lost when Russia, Prussia and Austria divided her and Korea was annexed by Japan.
Lets limit ourselves to finding countries that were at peace with everybody for a long period.
Thank you !
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