Annexationism is the desire to be annexed by another polity. Annexation is the legal merging of some territory into another body. ...

This may represent itself on the smallest scale in small communities that desire to be annexed by a larger city.

At the largest level, entire countries may desire to become part of a neighbour.

Annexationism is related to irredentism which is the desire of larger states to annex all or part of smaller states. The opposite of annexationism is separatism. irredentism is position advocating annexation of territories administered by another state on the grounds of common ethnicity and/or prior historical possession, actual or alleged. ... “Separatists” redirects here. ...

Examples

Republic of Texas applied to join the United States. Capital Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, Velasco, Columbia (1836) Houston (1837–1839) Austin (1839–1845) Language(s) English (de facto) Spanish, French, German and Native American languages regionally Government Republic President1  - 1836-1838 Sam Houston  - 1838-1841 Mirabeau B. Lamar  - 1841-1844 Sam Houston  - 1844-1845 Anson Jones Vice...

After the Great War many Austrians wanted an Anschluss, or union with Germany. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... German troops march into Austria on 12 March 1938. ...

Communists with many of the early Soviet republics wanted to be annexed by Soviet Russia. This led to the Union Treaty of 1922. Soviet Republic may refer to one of the following states. ... State motto: Russian: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! Translation: Workers of the world, unite! Capital Moscow Official language Russian Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until November 7, 1917 November 7, 1917 December 12, 1991 (dissolution) Area  - Total  - Water (%) Ranked 1st in the USSR 17,075,200 km² 13% Population  - Total   - Density Ranked 1st in the... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Treaty on Creation of the USSR (in Russian) The Treaty on the Creation of the USSR is a document that legalized the creation of a union of several Soviet republics in the form of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ...

In Canada, several annexationist movements have sprung up arguing that all or some Canada's provinces should join the United States. The most prominent was a group of influential business and political leaders who signed the Montreal Annexation Manifesto of 1849. At various times, annexationist movements in Canada have campaigned in favour of the annexation of parts or all of Canada by the United States. ... The Montreal Annexation Manifesto was a political document, published in 1849 in Montreal, Quebec, calling for Canadas annexation by the United States. ...