Guayana

The Republic of Lagovesti (: Repubblica di Lagovesti) was a sovereign state that existed in from 1946 to 1965 when it was renamed Cunenia. Lagovesti was the successor to the colony of the same name gaining independence in 1946. Its capital and largest city was Aquinas.

Lagovesti attained independence under the rule of the National Union Party which enforced a policy of similar to  and  with  rule institutionalised. In 1959 the Radical Liberal Party was elected which aimed to end racial segregation, but was defeated by the parliament sparking the Lagovestian Bush War with rebel groups - notably the MPLC and the CUR - fighting for black majority rule. In 1965 the Florence Agreement saw the Lagovestian government negotiated to a power sharing agreement and bi-racial parliament, with Lagovesti being renamed Cunenia.

Lagovesti was the penultimate Italian colony (after but before ) to become independent, as well as the only one to retain a majority of Italian settlers. Many of these settlers fled the country during and after the Bush War, although many also remained in the new country.