| It is the same entity. Changes in government are not reflected in Olympic entities. For example, there is not a pre- and post- Empire of Japan, there is no change in Poland, which has changed size and shape more than once. There is no Pre and Post Soviet Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. There is no pre and post USA (before Hawaii was added). There is no Turkey as the Ottoman Empire, and Post Empire. There is no India as a colony and India as independent nation. ad nauseum. |