Smålandball

 is a provinceball of. Also is the home of IKEA.

History
was born during the 1500s through a merge of lots of smaller regions (2balls), hence the name Småland (=small lands). was adopted by Medieval Swedenball, Kalmar Unionball, Sweden-Norwayball and Swedenball.

During various feudes with Denmarkball, parts of fell under Danish rule much like his brothers Scaniaball and  Blekingeball.

The Dacke war
One of the most famous historical moments in Swedish history is probably the Dacke war or "Dackefejden" 1542-1543 when Smålandball tried to protest Swedenball's taxes and gain independency. This ended terribly for Smålandball which has behaved ever since.

Other
Smaland may be confused with the playhouse thing in Ikea, for little children to do random fun stuff while you shop.