The Baltic State Baltischer Staat | |||||||||||
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| 1918–1918 | |||||||||||
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| Largest city | Riga | ||||||||||
| Official languages | German | ||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Baltic | ||||||||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 12 April 1918 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 22 September 1918 | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• Total | 79,190 km2 (30,580 sq mi) | ||||||||||
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The Baltic State (German: Baltischer Staat) also known as the Baltic Duchy was a short-lived state created by the Baltic Germans led by the German aristocracy on the territories of present-day Estonia and parts of Latvia in 1918. The state was proclaimed on 12 April 1918, but without actually controlling the claimed territory. On 22 September 1918 it was merged with the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia into the United Baltic Duchy.