It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland. The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved into Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. The German Empire became Germany, and Germany lost substantial territory outside Europe.

Nations that lost territory or independence after World War I

• Austria, as the successor state of Cisleithania in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• Bulgaria: lost Western Thrace to Greece also lost a part of Eastern Macedonia and Western Outlands to Serbia (Yugoslavia)

That treaty was nullified in November that year, and both parties agreed to drop all financial and territorial claims against each other. That essentially is why Russia lost land, because it renounced its claims on certain territories, and ceded others.

After the end of World War II Europe was divided between communist and non-communist controlled territory. Germany and its former capital Berlin was divided into French, American, British and Soviet sectors. Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania became republics within the Soviet Union.

Borders change over time. Sometimes the people in one region take over another area through violence. Other times, land is traded or sold peacefully. Sometimes, borders fall along natural boundaries like rivers or mountain ranges.

Setting Up A World Border

1. Specify the center of your world border by using the command /worldborder center , replacing and with your X and Z coordinates.
2. Once the center is set, you can now specify the size of the world border using the command /worldborder set .

Top 10 countries with most number of neighbours

• People’s Republic of China. China has a total number of 14 neighbouring countries namely Mongolia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam.
• Russia.
• Brazil.
• Democratic Republic of Congo.
• Germany.
• Austria.
• France.
• Serbia.