Not sure that’s unique. The whole western world did this on a massive scale- starting with the treaty of Westphalia, where after every kingdom conquered as many

Not sure that’s unique. The whole western world did this on a massive scale- starting with the treaty of Westphalia, where after every kingdom conquered as many lands as they could, then voted to assign borders to themselves and declared them sovereign lands that you’d have to be an evil barbarian to infringe on