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also posed a great threat to the survival of the nation as they were destined to assimilate with other cultures. Pakštas called for the planning and regulation of this migration with the intent to form a colony where Lithuanians would constitute the majority of the population, thus eliminating the
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In Pakštas' own words, since 1924, "little by little, without haste, he explored the possibilities of establishing a second small, but autonomous, Lithuania somewhere far away from the surplus population who had voluntarily emigrated from Lithuania", and that he had looked at many possibilities:
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In the "gymnasium" phase, the colony increases to 5,000 inhabitants. Then the cultural autonomy is transferred to the territorial one - the creation of one's own state. The rights would depend on an agreement with the British
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seemed better then, especially in terms of political rights, but large numbers of British colonists were already penetrating it and the better lands were quickly bought up. In 1939–46, I looked at many areas, which include
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When the number of inhabitants would increase to 3,000, then would begin the "progymnasium" phase. As the industry and trade would develop, own newspapers and organizations would be created.
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The idea of creating a Lithuanian hearth in British Honduras did not receive success in the press of Lithuanians that had escaped Soviet occupation. It was also criticized in
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This semi-independent state was thought to serve as a safe haven for Lithuanians if the
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Professor Pakštas had even planned the phases in which Dausava would be created:
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would be occupied. Pakštas believed that because of the tensions between
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Marius Ivaškevičius. The concept also inspired the making of the 2019
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It was finally decided in the late 1950s to establish the colony in
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were abandoned due to the unstable political situation there.
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Hypothetical Lithuanian colony in a geopolitically safe area
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He also feared that the chaotic and non-directional mass
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Index

a series
Utopias

Arcadia
City of the Caesars
Cloud cuckoo land
Cockaigne
Eden
Elysium
Fortunate Isles
Garden of the gods
Shangri-La
Golden Age
Satya Yuga
Great Unity
Ketumati
Kingdom of God
Opona
Libertatia
Mag Mell
Mahoroba
Merry England
Mezzoramia
Mount Penglai
Most Great Peace
New Jerusalem
Zion
Ideology and Utopia
List
The Republic

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