Divided Nation - Bundankokka

Japanese: 分断国家 - ぶんだんこっか

This refers to countries whose borders have been divided by the political will of a major power, particularly those that were divided into East and West camps as a result of the Cold War. Examples include East and West Germany, North and South Korea, North and South Vietnam, and mainland China and Taiwan. Of these, North and South Vietnam were unified in July 1976 with the end of the Vietnam War, and East and West Germany were unified in October 1990 with the end of the Cold War. In Taiwan, the Kuomintang government has essentially reversed its policy of reunification by force (counterattacking the mainland) and replaced it with a government made up of "native Taiwanese" (born Taiwanese) from Taiwan, so the country is no longer as divided as it once was.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

大国の政治的意図によって国境を分断された国家のうち，とくに冷戦を原因として東西両陣営に分断された国家をいう。東西ドイツ，南北朝鮮，南北ベトナム，また中国本土と台湾などがその例である。このうち，南北ベトナムはベトナム戦争終結とともに1976年7月に，東西ドイツは東西冷戦終結とともに90年10月に，それぞれ統一された。台湾でも，国民党政権が武力による再統一(本土反攻)路線を事実上転換し，台湾出身の〈本省人〉によって構成される政府に変わったため，かつてのような分断国家としての性格は薄れている。

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