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I can recommend the book "Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe" for anyone wanting to inoculate themselves against survivorship bias.

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While we're at it I recommend The persistence of the Old Regime by Arno Mayer

https://www.versobooks.com/products/2155-the-persistence-of-...

Well many of these kingdoms existed until WW1, then not so much.

I've read the book. Prussia was the last one to go, finally extinguished in the wake of WW2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_Prussia

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