In 1983 the UK city of Cardiff became an independent republic that was backed by the government of Ireland, Canada and the Icelandic Republic. The country remained democratic well until the 1990s and was a constant more with the UK government that became a dictatorship in 1984 I did not become a democracy again until 2001. The country remained extremely independent and Cardiff became a world power that help provide stability in Europe in the 1980s and 1990s. These two decades in Europe were extremely chaotic.