Editing Associated state (section)

===States formerly ceding power to another state===
[[Iceland]], formerly part of [[Denmark]], became a nominally sovereign state in 1918. It remained in a personal union with the [[Monarchy of Denmark|Danish Crown]] and continued to have a common foreign policy with Denmark until 1944, when it became fully independent.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-FH3AwAAQBAJ&q=iceland+associated+state+1918&pg=PA177 | title=Sources of State Practice in International Law: Second Revised Edition| isbn=9789004272224| last1=Gaebler| first1=Ralph| last2=Shea| first2=Alison| date=6 June 2014| publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers}}</ref>

[[Bhutan]], a former [[protectorate]] of [[British Raj|British India]], agreed in a 1949 treaty to allow the newly independent [[India]] to guide its foreign relations in a relatively loose form of association, which resulted in Bhutan sometimes being described as a "protected state".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mea.gov.in/pressrelease/2007/03/treaty.pdf |title=Indo-Bhutan Friendship Treaty }}&nbsp;{{small|(30.6&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]])}})</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/south-asia/how-bhutan-came-to-not-be-a-part-of-india|title=How Bhutan Came to Not Be a Part of India|website=The Wire|first = Swati|last = Chawla|date = 8 February 2019}}</ref> This relationship was updated in a 2007 treaty, in which the provision requiring Bhutan to accept India's guidance on foreign policy was rescinded.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Nepal and Bhutan in 2007: Seeking an Elusive Consensus|first=John|last=Whelpton|date=1 February 2008|journal=Asian Survey|volume=48|issue=1|pages=184–190|doi=10.1525/as.2008.48.1.184}}</ref>