Free State (1920–1924)

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The Free State (1920–1924) was a short-lived independent state centered on the Adriatic port city of Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia), created after World War I amid territorial disputes between Italy and the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

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instanceOf city-state
former sovereign state
microstate
alsoKnownAs Free State of Fiume
Free State of Rijeka
linked to: Free State of Fiume

Stato Libero di Fiume
areaType city and surrounding territory
borderDisputeBetween Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
capital Fiume
Rijeka
createdAsResultOf World War I
dissolution of Austria-Hungary
currency Italian lira
disputedBy Italy
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
dissolutionTreaty Treaty of Rome (1924)
endTime 1924
geopoliticalContext Italian irredentism
South Slavic unification
linked to: Yugoslavism
governmentType republic
hadHeadOfStateTitle President
hadLegislature Constituent Assembly of Fiume
hadMajorEthnicGroup Croats
Italians
hadMinorityGroup Hungarians
Jews
Slovenes
hadPortCity Fiume
historicalEra interwar period
post–World War I period
internationalStatus free state
legalBasis Treaty of Rapallo (1920)
locatedInPresentDay Croatia
locatedOn Adriatic Sea
officialLanguage Italian
partOfRegion Kvarner Gulf
predecessor Corpus separatum of Fiume (within Austria-Hungary)
relatedConflict Fiume question
relatedTo Gabriele D’Annunzio’s occupation of Fiume
Regency of Carnaro
sovereigntyRecognizedBy Treaty of Rapallo (1920)
startTime 1920
status short-lived independent state
successor Kingdom of Italy
todayPartOf Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Republic of Croatia
Rijeka

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Fiume governedAs Free State (1920–1924)