Countries similar to or like Zimbabwe

Unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. The de facto successor state to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia, which had been self-governing since achieving responsible government in 1923. Wikipedia

Landlocked country in Southern Africa. Topographically flat, with up to 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. Wikipedia

Country located in Southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini (Swaziland) and South Africa to the southwest. Separated from the Comoros, Mayotte and Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east. Wikipedia

Land-locked self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa Company territories lying south of the Zambezi River. Informally known as south Zambesia until annexed by Britain at the behest of Cecil John Rhodes's business, the British South Africa Company. Wikipedia

Landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa. Its neighbours are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. Wikipedia

Dubbed Southern Rhodesia in the 1890s. Initially run by an administrator appointed by the British South Africa Company. Wikipedia