It's time for Cannoli's second biannual Obsolete Olympic Medal Count. I started doing this a long time ago, recalling back in 1992 when our comrades in the media were still mourning the breakup of the USSR and snottily pointing out that the former Soviet nations combined totals could beat whoever had the highest medal count that year. I also remember looking at the West & East German totals for '88 and torn between smugness & concern over Germany's combined prospects in the coming years. So I have been keeping track of the ex-commies and how well they have been doing, and as I did for the Beijing games, so I will do for Vancouver, with a couple of new entrants this year actually taking the top spots (first and second).

The poorest showing among the obsolete states I bothered compiling was Yugoslavia, with a measly six medals.
Of the former Yugoslav nations, only Croatia & Slovenia actually won anything, with Serbia, Macedonia & Bosnia-Herezohfuckit failing to get any medals.
Yugoslavia is tied for 13th place in the nations, with Poland and the Czech Republic.

Speaking of which, Czechoslovakia obviously did much better, seeing as one of its components matched Yugoslavia by itself. With Slovakia's total added, Czechoslovakia comes out with nine medals, tying with Switzerland for 11th place.

The nation that inspired this count in the first place, the Soviet Union finished with 22 medals, overtaking Austria for 5th place in the real nations, one behind Norway. Only Belarus, Latvia, Estonia & Kazakhstan joined Mother Russia on the podium in Vancouver.

Ahead of the USSR for second among the Obsolete states is the Roman Empire, sneaking past the USSR with 23. The biggest contributor to Rome's medal count was Gaul, or "France". Aside from that, Italia, Illyria and Britainia are the other contributors to Rome's medal count, and if not for Diocletian's building a palace in Croatia, I would probably not have remembered to count them as part of Illyria or Dalmatia or whatever they were back then, which meant I had to lump in Slovenia as well, and since Amy Williams is apparently English, I let them have her, too.

First in the Obsolete nations, is a sort of grandson of the Roman Empire, being the successor state to Rome's successor, the Holy Roman Empire. That obsolete state, with a total medal count of 31, is the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Basically, it's the medal counts of Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia & Austria, Hungary not actually contributing, and this combination is good enough to edge Germany for second place. Take that, whichever German officer said of this Empire "We are allied to a corpse."

Note of Interest: Since it was never formally a state, I did not include it, but the Axis Powers of World War Two and their combined conquests had 127 medals, with more golds than most countries had medals (35). On behalf of America, you're welcome, World.