Lol why is this the highest non-other? Y'all realize that the IDF would never let it happen

Would the US Supreme Court's 2000 appointment of Bush, who lost the election by a fair count, count?

@MaybeNotDepends more so fair statistical analysis - they did the "stop the count" and got Bush "elected" / selected by neo-coup methods. Gore won Florida by thousands of votes.

@MaybeNotDepends I haven't seen it referred to as a coup by any significant media or acedemic sources, so I would say no.

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Ya never know

@33 ahahaha thanks, I didn't have that reference!

USA / United States are duplicates.

Sierra Leone ofc!

Something seems to be afoot in Sierra Leone. Gun fire at a military base near the Presidential Lodge and near the RSLAF Headquarters. Too early to tell, will keep an eye on things.

Government says they're in control,

@sarius they seem to have it under control. If it were a coup it would have played out already. This is just rebels on the loose.

Massive protests across cities in the WB today. Protesters clashing with PA Sec Forces.

@Nostradamnedus is the west bank a country for the purposes of this question?

Was unsure about this too. Which is why I put the respective government (PNA) which has (partial) civil control over Areas A and B - about 40% of the West Bank. Interested in @Nostradamnedus take on this!

@Daniel_MC @sarius As the internationally recognised State of Palestine, the PA does count as a country for this question.

Watching Zimbabwe for a potential autogolpe, 15 MPs of the opposition were illegally expelled on basis of a fake letter. Currently ZANU-PF can't change the constitution - they need 10 more MPs. Sudden, illegally brought about by-elections might help them cross that threshold.

And there is a case to be made for Guatemala - where things have been heating up: Guatemala's interior minister resigns, first protester dies in clashes with armed group. Autogolpe on its home-turf.

Want to place a bet on Haiti here, but I think technically it's a failed state...by your resolution criteria, can a failed state experience a coup?

@such There's still an internationally recognised government, which I think could experience a coup.

https://www.ft.com/content/90a13db1-bf7d-4694-807a-b489f8a43ef0

Where is the next African coup? | Financial TimesFinancial Times

Emboldened generals are realising they are likely to face little effective resistance to putsch attempts

Suggestion: require that the country must be on the list before the coup starts to avoid people adding the answer and betting it high after the event happens...

@MartinModrak How is that different from buying particular country on the list before anyone else? I would say the bettors on Other will win when the county is not in the list. (By the design how the Other works - it spawns YES shares of anything new)