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    Hanseatic cities are really an excellent example. However, I found the 1933 part difficult to parse at first (from HRR to North German Federation what is 'fully sovereign, anyway) And I guess a comparison to the fate of other free cities and Saarstaat might fit in as well? Commented Sep 9, 2019 at 6:39
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    Lübeck was also a hanseatic free city until hitler removed it in the 1937 Commented Sep 9, 2019 at 8:32
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    @Bregalad: My research shows that Lubeck was conquered, unlike Hamburg and Bremen which were merely coerced into the North German Confederation. Thus Lubeck fails to meet the terms of OP's question of "voting itself out of existence. A fine line perhaps, but there were distinct differences in the circumstances. Commented Sep 9, 2019 at 11:10
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    Conquered by whom? Don't you conflate Lübeck with Frankfurt? Commented Sep 9, 2019 at 11:53
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    With that definition of sovereignty, you could add all EU members to your list of examples, because (as the Brexit problems illustrate) the EU members don't have full control over their trade deals. Commented Sep 10, 2019 at 18:04