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<th style="width:35%">Short and formal names</th>
<th style="width:12.5%;">Membership within the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System" title="United Nations System">UN System</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2">[a]</a></sup></th>
<th style="width:12.5%;">Sovereignty dispute<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3">[b]</a></sup></th>
<th class="unsortable">Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="#cite_note-5">[d]</a></sup></th>
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<td style="text-align:center;"><span style="display:none">A AAA</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A AAA</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A AAA</span></td>
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<td style="text-align:center;"><span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>↓ <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">observer states</a> ↓</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A AAA</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">ZZZ</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>Abkhazia → <a href="#Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Afghanistan"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Afghanistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Afghanistan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Afghanistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Afghanistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Afghanistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Afghanistan.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></b> – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member state</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Albania"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="700" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/21px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/42px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" width="21"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a></b> – Republic of Albania</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Algeria"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a></b> – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Andorra"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="700" data-file-width="1000" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/43px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" width="22"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra</a></b> – Principality of Andorra</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Andorra is a <a href="/wiki/Diarchy" title="Diarchy">co-principality</a> in which the office of head of state is jointly held <i>ex officio</i> by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">French president</a> and the bishop of the Roman Catholic <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Urgell" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell">diocese of Urgell</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="#cite_note-6">[2]</a></sup> who himself is appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Angola"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a></b> – Republic of Angola</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Antigua_and_Barbuda"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="460" data-file-width="690" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/45px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Antigua and Barbuda is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-0"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup> with 1 autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Barbuda" title="Barbuda">Barbuda</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-0"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Argentina"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="800" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a></b> – Argentine Republic<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="#cite_note-10">[g]</a></sup></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Argentina is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Argentina" title="Provinces of Argentina">23 provinces and 1 autonomous city</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Armenia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a></b> – Republic of Armenia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Not recognized by <a href="#Pakistan">Pakistan</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="#cite_note-11">[4]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="#cite_note-12">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="#cite_note-13">[6]</a></sup>
<p>See <a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Armenia–Pakistan relations">Armenia–Pakistan relations</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a>.</p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>Artsakh → <a href="#Artsakh">Artsakh</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Australia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="640" data-file-width="1280" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></b> – Commonwealth of Australia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Australia is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-1"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">six states and 10 territories</a>. The external territories of Australia are:
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<li><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands" title="Ashmore and Cartier Islands">Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="1000" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/23px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/35px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/46px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands_Territory" title="Coral Sea Islands Territory">Coral Sea Islands Territory</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard Island and McDonald Islands</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="460" data-file-width="920" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/23px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/35px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/46px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a></li>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Austria"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a></b> – Republic of Austria</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-1"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup> Austria is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_of_Austria" title="States of Austria">nine states</a> (Bundesländer).</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Azerbaijan"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></b> – Republic of Azerbaijan</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Azerbaijan contains two autonomous regions, <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a> (<i>Dağlıq Qarabağ</i>).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-1"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup> The <a href="#Artsakh">Republic of Artsakh</a>, a de facto state, has been established in the latter.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Bahamas"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">Bahamas, The</a></b> – Commonwealth of the Bahamas</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">The Bahamas is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-2"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Bahrain"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="900" data-file-width="1500" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a></b> – Kingdom of Bahrain</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Bangladesh"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="500" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></b> – People's Republic of Bangladesh</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Barbados"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="1000" data-file-width="1500" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/23px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/35px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/45px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Barbados is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-3"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Belarus"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="450" data-file-width="900" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a></b> – Republic of Belarus</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Belarus forms the <a href="/wiki/Union_State" title="Union State">Union State</a> jointly with <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Belgium"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></b> – Kingdom of Belgium</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-2"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup> Belgium is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> divided into <a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">linguistic communities and regions</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Belize"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="750" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Belize.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belize.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Belize.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belize.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Belize.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belize.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Belize is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-4"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Benin"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/23px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/35px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/45px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Benin</a></b> – Republic of Benin<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="#cite_note-15">[h]</a></sup></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Bhutan"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a></b> – Kingdom of Bhutan</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Bolivia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="750" data-file-width="1100" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/34px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 2x" width="22"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a></b> – Plurinational State of Bolivia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Bosnia_and_Herzegovina"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="800" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Bosnia and Herzegovina is a federation of two constituent units:
<ul>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="800" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="450" data-file-width="900" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_Republika_Srpska.svg/23px-Flag_of_Republika_Srpska.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_Republika_Srpska.svg/35px-Flag_of_Republika_Srpska.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_Republika_Srpska.svg/46px-Flag_of_Republika_Srpska.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Republika_Srpska" title="Republika Srpska">Republika Srpska</a></li>
</ul>
<p>and <a href="/wiki/Br%C4%8Dko_District" title="Brčko District">Brčko District</a>, a self-governing administrative unit.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Stjepanovi.C4.872015_16-0"><a href="#cite_note-Stjepanovi.C4.872015-16">[8]</a></sup></p>
</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Botswana"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="800" data-file-width="1200" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a></b> – Republic of Botswana</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Brazil"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="504" data-file-width="720" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" width="22"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></b> – Federative Republic of Brazil</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Brazil is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_of_Brazil" title="States of Brazil">26 states and 1 federal district</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Brunei"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="720" data-file-width="1440" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/23px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/35px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/46px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei</a></b> – Nation of Brunei, Abode of Peace</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Bulgaria"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1000" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></b> – Republic of Bulgaria</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-3"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Burkina_Faso"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/23px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/35px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/45px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17"><a href="#cite_note-17">[i]</a></sup></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">Burma → <a href="#Myanmar">Myanmar</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Burundi"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="500" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/23px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/35px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/46px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Burundi" title="Burundi">Burundi</a></b> – Republic of Burundi</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Cambodia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="625" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a></b> – Kingdom of Cambodia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Cameroon"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="600" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a></b> – Republic of Cameroon</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Canada"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="1000" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18"><a href="#cite_note-18">[j]</a></sup></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Canada is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-5"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Canadian_federalism" title="Canadian federalism">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">10 provinces and three territories</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Cape_Verde"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="510" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></b> – Republic of Cabo Verde</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Central_African_Republic"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic" title="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Chad"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Chad" title="Chad">Chad</a></b> – Republic of Chad</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Chile"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="1000" data-file-width="1500" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a></b> – Republic of Chile</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Chile has two "special territories" in the <a href="/wiki/Valpara%C3%ADso_Region" title="Valparaíso Region">Valparaíso Region</a>: <a href="/wiki/Easter_Island" title="Easter Island">Easter Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Juan_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Islands" title="Juan Fernández Islands">Juan Fernández Islands</a></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="China"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></b> – People's Republic of China<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ChinaTaiwan_19-0"><a href="#cite_note-ChinaTaiwan-19">[k]</a></sup></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_China#International_recognition_of_the_People.27s_Republic_of_China" title="Foreign relations of China">Partially unrecognized</a>. <span style="display:none">B Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a></span> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> <span style="display:none">Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">The People's Republic of China (PRC) contains five autonomous regions, <a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">Guangxi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ningxia" title="Ningxia">Ningxia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tibet_Autonomous_Region" title="Tibet Autonomous Region">Tibet</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-2"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup> Additionally, it has sovereignty over the <a href="/wiki/Special_administrative_regions_of_China" title="Special administrative regions of China">Special Administrative Regions</a> of:
<ul>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/45px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/45px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a></li>
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<p>China claims, but does not control <a href="#Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, which is governed by a rival administration (the Republic of China) that claims all of China as its territory.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TAI2_20-0"><a href="#cite_note-TAI2-20">[l]</a></sup></p>
<p>China is not recognised by <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan" title="Foreign relations of Taiwan">20</a> UN member states and the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>, which with the exception of Bhutan, recognise Taiwan instead.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21"><a href="#cite_note-21">[m]</a></sup></p>
<p>China controls part of the territory of <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a>, which is disputed by <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>.</p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">China, Republic of → <a href="#Taiwan">Taiwan</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
<td></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Colombia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a></b> – Republic of Colombia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Comoros"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1000" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a></b> – Union of the Comoros</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Comoros is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Politics_of_Comoros#Autonomous_islands" title="Politics of Comoros">3 islands</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-federal_23-0"><a href="#cite_note-federal-23">[n]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Congo.2C_Democratic_Republic_of_the"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="800" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/31px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 2x" width="20"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo, Democratic Republic of the</a></b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24"><a href="#cite_note-24">[o]</a></sup></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Congo.2C_Republic_of_the"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="600" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo">Congo, Republic of the</a></b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25"><a href="#cite_note-25">[p]</a></sup></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>Cook Islands → <a href="#Cook_Islands">Cook Islands</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Costa_Rica"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1000" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></b> – Republic of Costa Rica</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">Côte d'Ivoire → <a href="#Ivory_Coast">Ivory Coast</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Croatia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a></b> – Republic of Croatia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-4"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Cuba"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="800" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a></b> – Republic of Cuba</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Cyprus"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a></b> – Republic of Cyprus</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;">Not recognized by <a href="#Turkey">Turkey</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26"><a href="#cite_note-26">[10]</a></sup></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-5"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup> The northeastern part of the island is the de facto state of <a href="#Northern_Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a>. See <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Cyprus" title="Foreign relations of Cyprus">Foreign relations of Cyprus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_dispute" title="Cyprus dispute">Cyprus dispute</a>. <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> refers to the Republic of Cyprus government as "The Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27"><a href="#cite_note-27">[11]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Czech_Republic"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28"><a href="#cite_note-28">[q]</a></sup></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-6"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">Democratic People's Republic of Korea → <a href="#Korea_North">Korea, North</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">Democratic Republic of the Congo → <a href="#Congo.2C_Democratic_Republic_of_the">Congo, Democratic Republic of the</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Denmark"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="560" data-file-width="740" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" width="20"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a></b> – Kingdom of Denmark</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-7"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup> The <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Denmark" title="Kingdom of Denmark">Kingdom of Denmark</a> includes two self-governing territories:
<ul>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="800" data-file-width="1100" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/21px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/41px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="21"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a> <i>(Føroyar/Færøerne)</i></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a> <i>(Kalaallit Nunaat/Grønland)</i></li>
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<p>The continental territory of Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland form the three constituent countries of the Kingdom. The designation "Denmark" can refer either to continental Denmark or to the short name for the entire Kingdom (e.g. in international organizations). The Kingdom of Denmark as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law does not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29"><a href="#cite_note-29">[12]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30"><a href="#cite_note-30">[13]</a></sup> Also see <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Greenland_Treaty" title="Greenland Treaty">Greenland Treaty</a>.</p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Djibouti"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="600" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/23px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/35px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/45px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a></b> – Republic of Djibouti</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Dominica"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a></b> – Commonwealth of Dominica</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Dominican_Republic"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="750" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="East_Timor"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="450" data-file-width="900" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a></b> – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31"><a href="#cite_note-31">[r]</a></sup></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Ecuador"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="960" data-file-width="1440" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a></b> – Republic of Ecuador</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Egypt"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></b> – Arab Republic of Egypt</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="El_Salvador"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1064" height="13" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg/23px-Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg/35px-Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg/46px-Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/El_Salvador" title="El Salvador">El Salvador</a></b> – Republic of El Salvador</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Equatorial_Guinea"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="800" data-file-width="1200" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></b> – Republic of Equatorial Guinea</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Eritrea"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="1000" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Eritrea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Eritrea.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Eritrea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Eritrea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Eritrea.svg/46px-Flag_of_Eritrea.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrea</a></b> – State of Eritrea</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Estonia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="630" data-file-width="990" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a></b> – Republic of Estonia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-8"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Ethiopia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="360" data-file-width="720" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></b> – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Ethiopia is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Ethiopia" title="Regions of Ethiopia">nine regions and two chartered cities</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Fiji"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a></b> – Republic of Fiji</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Fiji contains 1 autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Rotuma" title="Rotuma">Rotuma</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-3"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32"><a href="#cite_note-32">[14]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33"><a href="#cite_note-33">[15]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Finland"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="1100" data-file-width="1800" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a></b> – Republic of Finland</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-9"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup>
<ul>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="340" data-file-width="520" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg/23px-Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg/35px-Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg/46px-Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/%C3%85land_Islands" title="Åland Islands">Åland</a> is a neutral and demilitarised autonomous region of Finland.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-4"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34"><a href="#cite_note-34">[s]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="France"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></b> – French Republic</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-10"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup> France contains five overseas regions/departments: <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mayotte" title="Mayotte">Mayotte</a>, and <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Réunion</a>. France also includes the overseas territories of:
<ul>
<li><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Clipperton_Island" title="Clipperton Island">Clipperton Island</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="600" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="450" data-file-width="900" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_FLNKS.svg/23px-Flag_of_FLNKS.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_FLNKS.svg/35px-Flag_of_FLNKS.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_FLNKS.svg/46px-Flag_of_FLNKS.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin" title="Collectivity of Saint Martin">Saint Martin</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon" title="Saint Pierre and Miquelon">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Wallis_and_Futuna" title="Wallis and Futuna">Wallis and Futuna</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a></li>
</ul>
</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Gabon"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="400" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/20px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/31px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/40px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png 2x" width="20"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a></b> – Gabonese Republic</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Gambia"></span><span style="display:none">Gambia</span> <b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="600" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Gambia" title="The Gambia">Gambia, The</a></b> – Republic of the Gambia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Georgia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Georgia contains two autonomous republics, <a href="/wiki/Adjara" title="Adjara">Adjara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-5"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup> In <a href="#Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a> and <a href="#South_Ossetia">South Ossetia</a>, de facto states have been formed.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Germany"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1000" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></b> – Federal Republic of Germany</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-11"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup> Germany is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">16 federated states</a> (Länder).</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Ghana"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a></b> – Republic of Ghana</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Greece"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="600" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></b> – Hellenic Republic</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-12"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mount_Athos" title="Mount Athos">Mount Athos</a> is an autonomous part of Greece that is jointly governed by the multinational "Holy Community" on the mountain and a civil governor appointed by the Greek government.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35"><a href="#cite_note-35">[16]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Grenada"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="360" data-file-width="600" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/23px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/35px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/46px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Grenada is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-6"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Guatemala"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="960" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a></b> – Republic of Guatemala</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Guinea"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Guinea" title="Guinea">Guinea</a></b> – Republic of Guinea<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36"><a href="#cite_note-36">[t]</a></sup></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Guinea-Bissau"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></b> – Republic of Guinea-Bissau</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Guyana"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="500" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Guyana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guyana.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Guyana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guyana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Guyana.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guyana.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a></b> – Co-operative Republic of Guyana</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Haiti"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="500" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/23px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/35px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/46px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a></b> – Republic of Haiti</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">Holy See → <a href="#Vatican_City">Vatican City</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Honduras"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="1000" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/23px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/35px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/46px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a></b> – Republic of Honduras</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Hungary"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-13"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Iceland"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="576" data-file-width="800" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" width="21"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a></b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Republic_40-0"><a href="#cite_note-Republic-40">[u]</a></sup></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="India"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="900" data-file-width="1350" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></b> – Republic of India</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">India is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" title="States and territories of India">29 states and seven union territories</a>. India claims the entire territory of <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a> as one of its states, but only exercises control over part of it, while the rest is controlled by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Indonesia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a></b> – Republic of Indonesia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Indonesia has <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Indonesia" title="Provinces of Indonesia">five provinces</a> with official special autonomy status: <a href="/wiki/Aceh" title="Aceh">Aceh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta SCR</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Yogyakarta_Special_Region" title="Yogyakarta Special Region">Yogyakarta SR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Papua_(province)" title="Papua (province)">Papua</a>, and <a href="/wiki/West_Papua_(province)" title="West Papua (province)">West Papua</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-6"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Iran"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="360" data-file-width="630" height="13" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></b> – Islamic Republic of Iran</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Iraq"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="274" data-file-width="411" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></b> – Republic of Iraq</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Iraq is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-federal_23-1"><a href="#cite_note-federal-23">[n]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41"><a href="#cite_note-41">[20]</a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Governorates_of_Iraq" title="Governorates of Iraq">19 governorates</a>, five of which make up the autonomous <span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="2000" data-file-width="3000" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Kurdistan" title="Iraqi Kurdistan">Iraqi Kurdistan</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-7"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Ireland"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43"><a href="#cite_note-43">[22]</a></sup></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-14"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Israel"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="480" data-file-width="660" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" width="21"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a></b> – State of Israel</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;"><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Israel" title="International recognition of Israel">Partially unrecognized</a></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Israel exerts strong control over the territory claimed by <a href="#Palestine">Palestine</a>. Israel annexed <a href="/wiki/East_Jerusalem" title="East Jerusalem">East Jerusalem</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44"><a href="#cite_note-44">[23]</a></sup> an annexation not recognised by the international community.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-dis_45-0"><a href="#cite_note-dis-45">[24]</a></sup> Israel maintains <a href="/wiki/West_Bank_Areas_in_the_Oslo_II_Accord" title="West Bank Areas in the Oslo II Accord">varying levels of control</a> over the rest of the <a href="/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a>, and although Israel no longer has a permanent civilian or military presence in the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a>, following its <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Israel%27s_unilateral_disengagement_plan" title="Israel's unilateral disengagement plan">unilateral disengagement</a>, it is still considered by some to be the occupying power under international law.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46"><a href="#cite_note-46">[25]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47"><a href="#cite_note-47">[26]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48"><a href="#cite_note-48">[27]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49"><a href="#cite_note-49">[28]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-50"><a href="#cite_note-50">[29]</a></sup> Israel is not recognised as a state by <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Israel" title="International recognition of Israel">32 UN members</a> (including most Arab states) nor by the <a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">SADR</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Italy"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="1000" data-file-width="1500" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></b> – Italian Republic</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-15"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup> Italy has five autonomous regions, <a href="/wiki/Aosta_Valley" title="Aosta Valley">Aosta Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Friuli-Venezia_Giulia" title="Friuli-Venezia Giulia">Friuli-Venezia Giulia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sardinia" title="Sardinia">Sardinia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trentino-Alto_Adige/S%C3%BCdtirol" title="Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol">Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-8"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Ivory_Coast"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/23px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/35px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/45px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></b> – Republic of Côte d'Ivoire</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Jamaica"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Jamaica is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-7"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Japan"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Jordan"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="420" data-file-width="840" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a></b> – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Kazakhstan"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></b> – Republic of Kazakhstan</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Kenya"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a></b> – Republic of Kenya</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Kiribati"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kiribati.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kiribati.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kiribati.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kiribati.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kiribati.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kiribati.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Kiribati" title="Kiribati">Kiribati</a></b> – Republic of Kiribati</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Korea_North"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="800" data-file-width="1600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">Korea, North</a></b> – Democratic People's Republic of Korea</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;"><span style="display:none">B Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a></span> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> <span style="display:none">Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">North Korea is not recognised by three UN members: <a href="#France">France</a>, <a href="#Japan">Japan</a> and <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-koreas_52-0"><a href="#cite_note-koreas-52">[v]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Korea_South"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">Korea, South</a></b> – Republic of Korea</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;"><span style="display:none">B Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a></span> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> <span style="display:none">Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">South Korea contains 1 autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jejudo</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-9"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-53"><a href="#cite_note-53">[31]</a></sup> South Korea is not recognised by one UN member: <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-koreas_52-1"><a href="#cite_note-koreas-52">[v]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>Kosovo → <a href="#Kosovo">Kosovo</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Kuwait"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></b> – State of Kuwait</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Kyrgyzstan"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="450" data-file-width="750" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></b> – Kyrgyz Republic</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Laos"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="600" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Laos.svg/23px-Flag_of_Laos.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Laos.svg/35px-Flag_of_Laos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Laos.svg/45px-Flag_of_Laos.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Laos" title="Laos">Laos</a></b> – Lao People's Democratic Republic</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Latvia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a></b> – Republic of Latvia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-16"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Lebanon"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="750" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a></b> – Lebanese Republic</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Lesotho"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a></b> – Kingdom of Lesotho</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Liberia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1140" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a></b> – Republic of Liberia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Libya"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="480" data-file-width="960" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/46px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Liechtenstein"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1000" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/23px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/35px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/46px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></b> – Principality of Liechtenstein</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Lithuania"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="500" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a></b> – Republic of Lithuania</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-17"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Luxembourg"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1000" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></b> – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-18"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Macedonia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="700" data-file-width="1400" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Macedonia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_Macedonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Macedonia" title="Republic of Macedonia">Macedonia</a></b> – Republic of Macedonia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Because of the <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_naming_dispute" title="Macedonia naming dispute">Macedonia naming dispute</a>, the country is referred to by the UN and a number of states and international organizations as "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Madagascar"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a></b> – Republic of Madagascar</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Malawi"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi</a></b> – Republic of Malawi</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Malaysia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="1400" data-file-width="2800" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Malaysia is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/States_of_Malaysia" title="States of Malaysia">13 states and three federal territories</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Maldives"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="480" data-file-width="720" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/23px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/35px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/45px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a></b> – Republic of Maldives</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Mali"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a></b> – Republic of Mali</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Malta"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a></b> – Republic of Malta</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-19"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Marshall_Islands"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="570" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a></b> – Republic of the Marshall Islands</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Under <a href="/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association" title="Compact of Free Association">Compact of Free Association</a> with the <a href="#United_States">United States</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Mauritania"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a></b> – Islamic Republic of Mauritania</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Mauritius"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a></b> – Republic of Mauritius</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Mauritius has an autonomous island, <a href="/wiki/Rodrigues" title="Rodrigues">Rodrigues</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-10"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Mexico"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="480" data-file-width="840" height="13" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a></b> – United Mexican States</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Mexico is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Political_divisions_of_Mexico" title="Political divisions of Mexico">31 states and one autonomous city</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Micronesia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="760" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="Federated States of Micronesia">Micronesia</a></b> – Federated States of Micronesia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Under <a href="/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association" title="Compact of Free Association">Compact of Free Association</a> with the <a href="#United_States">United States</a>. The Federated States of Micronesia is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="Administrative divisions of the Federated States of Micronesia">four states</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Moldova"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="900" data-file-width="1800" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/35px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/46px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a></b> – Republic of Moldova</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Moldova has the autonomous regions of <a href="/wiki/Gagauzia" title="Gagauzia">Gagauzia</a> and <a href="#Transnistria">Transnistria</a>, the latter of which has established a de facto state.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Monaco"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="750" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/19px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/29px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/38px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 2x" width="19"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a></b> – Principality of Monaco</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Mongolia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="2400" data-file-width="4800" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Montenegro"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="320" data-file-width="640" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Morocco"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a></b> – Kingdom of Morocco</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Morocco claims sovereignty over <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara" title="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a> and controls most of it, which is disputed by the <a href="#SADR">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Mozambique"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a></b> – Republic of Mozambique</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Myanmar"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="1200" data-file-width="1800" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a></b> – Republic of the Union of Myanmar<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-55"><a href="#cite_note-55">[w]</a></sup></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Namibia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a></b> – Republic of Namibia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Nauru"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Nauru.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nauru.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Nauru.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nauru.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Nauru.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nauru.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru">Nauru</a></b> – Republic of Nauru</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Nepal"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" data-file-height="885" data-file-width="726" height="20" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/16px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" width="16"/>   </span><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a></b> – Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Nepal is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> composed of <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Zones_of_Nepal" title="Zones of Nepal">14 zones</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Netherlands"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></b> – Kingdom of the Netherlands</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-20"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a> includes four areas with substantial autonomy:
<ul>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/45px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="450" data-file-width="675" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The continental part of the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten form the four constituent countries of the Kingdom. Three other territories (<a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saba" title="Saba">Saba</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a>) are <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">special municipalities</a> of the continental Netherlands.</p>
<p>The designation "Netherlands" can refer either to the continental Netherlands or to the short name for the entire Kingdom (e.g. in international organizations). The Kingdom of the Netherlands as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law applies only to parts within Europe.</p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="New_Zealand"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">New Zealand is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-8"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup> and has the dependent territories of:
<ul>
<li><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Ross_Dependency" title="Ross Dependency">Ross Dependency</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="900" data-file-width="1800" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_Tokelau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tokelau.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_Tokelau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tokelau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_Tokelau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tokelau.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Tokelau" title="Tokelau">Tokelau</a></li>
</ul>
<p>New Zealand has responsibilities for (but no rights of control over) two freely <a href="/wiki/Associated_state" title="Associated state">associated states</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Niue.svg/23px-Flag_of_Niue.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Niue.svg/35px-Flag_of_Niue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Niue.svg/46px-Flag_of_Niue.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Niue" title="Niue">Niue</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The Cook Islands and Niue have diplomatic relations with <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Cook_Islands" title="Foreign relations of the Cook Islands">44</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Niue" title="Foreign relations of Niue">19</a> UN members respectively.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-56"><a href="#cite_note-56">[33]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-57"><a href="#cite_note-57">[34]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-58"><a href="#cite_note-58">[35]</a></sup> They have full treaty-making capacity in the UN,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-untreaty1_59-0"><a href="#cite_note-untreaty1-59">[36]</a></sup> and are members of some <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">UN specialized agencies</a>.</p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Nicaragua"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1000" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></b> – Republic of Nicaragua</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Nicaragua contains two autonomous regions, <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n_Aut%C3%B3noma_del_Atl%C3%A1ntico_Sur" title="Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur">Atlántico Sur</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n_Aut%C3%B3noma_del_Atl%C3%A1ntico_Norte" title="Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte">Atlántico Norte</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-11"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Niger"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="700" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/18px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/27px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/35px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png 2x" width="18"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a></b> – Republic of Niger</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Nigeria"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="800" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></b> – Federal Republic of Nigeria</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Nigeria is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">36 states and 1 federal territory</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>Niue → <a href="#Niue">Niue</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>Northern Cyprus → <a href="#Northern_Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">North Korea → <a href="#Korea_North">Korea, North</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Norway"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="800" data-file-width="1100" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" width="21"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a></b> – Kingdom of Norway</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">
<ul>
<li><a href="/wiki/Svalbard" title="Svalbard">Svalbard</a> is an integral part of Norway, but has a special status due to the <a href="/wiki/Svalbard_Treaty" title="Svalbard Treaty">Svalbard Treaty</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Mayen" title="Jan Mayen">Jan Mayen</a> is an island that is an integral part of Norway, although <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated</a>.</li>
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<p>Norway has the dependent territories of:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bouvet_Island" title="Bouvet Island">Bouvet Island</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Peter_I_Island" title="Peter I Island">Peter I Island</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Maud_Land" title="Queen Maud Land">Queen Maud Land</a></li>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Oman"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/23px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/35px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/46px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a></b> – Sultanate of Oman</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Pakistan"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></b> – Islamic Republic of Pakistan</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Pakistan is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Pakistan" title="Subdivisions of Pakistan">four provinces, 1 capital territory, and tribal regions</a>. Pakistan disputes the entire territory of <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a> with <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, and part of it with the <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a>. It exercises control over <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Pakistan-administered_Kashmir" title="Pakistan-administered Kashmir">certain portions</a> of Kashmir, but has not officially annexed any of it,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-60"><a href="#cite_note-60">[37]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-61"><a href="#cite_note-61">[38]</a></sup> instead regarding it as a disputed territory.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-62"><a href="#cite_note-62">[39]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-63"><a href="#cite_note-63">[40]</a></sup> The portions that it controls are divided into two territories, administered separately from Pakistan proper:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kashmir_64-0"><a href="#cite_note-Kashmir-64">[x]</a></sup>
<ul>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="432" data-file-width="648" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Azad_Kashmir.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azad_Kashmir.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Azad_Kashmir.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azad_Kashmir.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Azad_Kashmir.svg/45px-Flag_of_Azad_Kashmir.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Azad_Kashmir" title="Azad Kashmir">Azad Kashmir</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="785" data-file-width="1129" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Gilgit_Baltistan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Gilgit_Baltistan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Gilgit_Baltistan.svg/33px-Flag_of_Gilgit_Baltistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Gilgit_Baltistan.svg/43px-Flag_of_Gilgit_Baltistan.svg.png 2x" width="22"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit Baltistan</a></li>
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<p>Azad Kashmir describes itself as a "self-governing state under Pakistani control", while Gilgit-Baltistan is described in its governance order as a group of "areas" with self-government.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-65"><a href="#cite_note-65">[41]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-gbtribune.files.wordpress.com_66-0"><a href="#cite_note-gbtribune.files.wordpress.com-66">[42]</a></sup> These territories are not usually regarded as sovereign, as they do not fulfill the criteria set out by the declarative theory of statehood (for example, their current laws do not allow them to engage independently in relations with other states). Several state functions of these territories (such as foreign affairs and defence) are performed by Pakistan.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-gbtribune.files.wordpress.com_66-1"><a href="#cite_note-gbtribune.files.wordpress.com-66">[42]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-67"><a href="#cite_note-67">[43]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-68"><a href="#cite_note-68">[44]</a></sup></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Palau"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="800" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Palau" title="Palau">Palau</a></b> – Republic of Palau</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Under <a href="/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association" title="Compact of Free Association">Compact of Free Association</a> with the <a href="#United_States">United States</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Palestine"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/46px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">Palestine</a></b> – State of Palestine</td>
<td style="background:LightSkyBlue;"><span style="display:none">A</span> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">UN observer state</a>; member of one <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">UN specialized agency</a></td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;"><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="International recognition of the State of Palestine">Partially unrecognized</a>. <span style="display:none">B Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a></span> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> <span style="display:none">Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">The declared State of Palestine has received diplomatic recognition from <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="International recognition of the State of Palestine">136</a> states.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-69"><a href="#cite_note-69">[45]</a></sup> The proclaimed state has no agreed territorial borders, or effective control on much of the territory that it proclaimed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-70"><a href="#cite_note-70">[46]</a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Authority" title="Palestinian National Authority">Palestinian National Authority</a> is an interim administrative body formed as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Oslo_Accords" title="Oslo Accords">Oslo Accords</a> that exercises limited autonomous jurisdiction within the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_territories" title="Palestinian territories">Palestinian territories</a>. In foreign relations, Palestine is represented by the <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization" title="Palestine Liberation Organization">Palestine Liberation Organization</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-unnms_71-0"><a href="#cite_note-unnms-71">[47]</a></sup> The State of Palestine is a member state of UNESCO,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-72"><a href="#cite_note-72">[48]</a></sup> and an observer state in the UN.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Panama"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/23px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/35px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/45px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a></b> – Republic of Panama</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Papua_New_Guinea"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="450" data-file-width="600" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/20px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/31px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/40px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png 2x" width="20"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></b> – Independent State of Papua New Guinea</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Papua New Guinea is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-9"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup> with 1 autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Region_of_Bougainville" title="Autonomous Region of Bougainville">Bougainville</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-12"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Paraguay"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="330" data-file-width="600" height="13" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/46px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a></b> – Republic of Paraguay</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Peru"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a></b> – Republic of Peru</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Philippines"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="450" data-file-width="900" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></b> – Republic of the Philippines</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">The Philippines contains one autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Region_in_Muslim_Mindanao" title="Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao">Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-13"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Poland"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="800" data-file-width="1280" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a></b> – Republic of Poland</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-21"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Portugal"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="600" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a></b> – Portuguese Republic</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-22"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup> Portugal contains two autonomous regions, <a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a> and <a href="/wiki/Madeira" title="Madeira">Madeira</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-14"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">Pridnestrovie → <a href="#Transnistria">Transnistria</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Qatar"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="550" data-file-width="1400" height="9" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></b> – State of Qatar</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">Republic of Korea → <a href="#Korea_South">Korea, South</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">Republic of the Congo → <a href="#Congo.2C_Republic_of_the">Congo, Republic of the</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Romania"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="600" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-23"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Russia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></b> – Russian Federation</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Russia is officially a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of 85 <a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">federal subjects</a> (republics, oblasts, krais, autonomous okrugs, federal cities, and an autonomous oblast). Several of the federal subjects are ethnic republics.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-15"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup> Russia also forms the <a href="/wiki/Union_State" title="Union State">Union State</a> jointly with <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Rwanda"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="720" data-file-width="1080" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rwanda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Rwanda.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rwanda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Rwanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rwanda.svg/45px-Flag_of_Rwanda.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a></b> – Republic of Rwanda</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic → <a href="#SADR">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="750" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></b> – Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Saint Kitts and Nevis is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-10"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup> and is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-federal_23-2"><a href="#cite_note-federal-23">[n]</a></sup> of two islands, <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/St._Kitts" title="St. Kitts">St. Kitts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nevis" title="Nevis">Nevis</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Saint_Lucia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Saint Lucia is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-11"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-12"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Samoa"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="1440" data-file-width="2880" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a></b> – Independent State of Samoa</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="San_Marino"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="800" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/20px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/31px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/40px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png 2x" width="20"/> </span><a href="/wiki/San_Marino" title="San Marino">San Marino</a></b> – Republic of San Marino</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="S.C3.A3o_Tom.C3.A9_and_Pr.C3.ADncipe"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="1400" data-file-width="2800" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></b> – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">São Tomé and Príncipe contains 1 autonomous province, <a href="/wiki/Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Príncipe">Príncipe</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-16"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Saudi_Arabia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="750" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></b> – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Senegal"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a></b> – Republic of Senegal</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Serbia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="900" data-file-width="1350" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a></b> – Republic of Serbia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Serbia contains two autonomous regions, <a href="/wiki/Vojvodina" title="Vojvodina">Vojvodina</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Kosovo_and_Metohija" title="Kosovo and Metohija">Kosovo and Metohija</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-17"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup> The latter is under the de facto control of the <a href="#Kosovo">Republic of Kosovo</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Seychelles"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="450" data-file-width="900" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/23px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/35px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/46px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a></b> – Republic of Seychelles</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Sierra_Leone"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></b> – Republic of Sierra Leone</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Singapore"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="2880" data-file-width="4320" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a></b> – Republic of Singapore</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Slovakia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a></b> – Slovak Republic</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-24"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Slovenia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a></b> – Republic of Slovenia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-25"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Solomon_Islands"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="800" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">The Solomon Islands is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-13"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Somalia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a></b> – Federal Republic of Somalia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Somalia has two self-declared autonomous regions: <a href="/wiki/Puntland" title="Puntland">Puntland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Galmudug" title="Galmudug">Galmudug</a>, while the territory of <a href="#Somaliland">Somaliland</a> has formed an unrecognised de facto state.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>Somaliland → <a href="#Somaliland">Somaliland</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="South_Africa"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></b> – Republic of South Africa</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">South Korea → <a href="#Korea_South">Korea, South</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
<td></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>South Ossetia → <a href="#South_Ossetia">South Ossetia</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="South_Sudan"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="1000" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a></b> – Republic of South Sudan</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">South Sudan is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_of_South_Sudan" title="States of South Sudan">28 states</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Spain"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="750" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></b> – Kingdom of Spain</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-26"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup> Spain is divided into <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">17 autonomous communities and 2 special autonomous cities</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-18"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Sri_Lanka"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></b> – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-73"><a href="#cite_note-73">[y]</a></sup></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Sudan"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a></b> – Republic of the Sudan</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Sudan is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_of_Sudan" title="States of Sudan">18 states</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>Sudan, South → <a href="#South_Sudan">South Sudan</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Suriname"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/23px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/35px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/45px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a></b> – Republic of Suriname</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Swaziland"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Swaziland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Swaziland.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Swaziland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Swaziland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Swaziland.svg/45px-Flag_of_Swaziland.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Swaziland" title="Swaziland">Swaziland</a></b> – Kingdom of Swaziland</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Sweden"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="1000" data-file-width="1600" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a></b> – Kingdom of Sweden</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-27"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Switzerland"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="1000" data-file-width="1000" height="16" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png 2x" width="16"/>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a></b> – Swiss Confederation</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Switzerland is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">26 cantons</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Syria"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a></b> – Syrian Arab Republic</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">The <a href="/wiki/National_Coalition_for_Syrian_Revolutionary_and_Opposition_Forces" title="National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces">Syrian National Coalition</a>, which is <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Syrian_National_Coalition" title="International recognition of the Syrian National Coalition">recognized</a> as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people by 20 UN members, has established an <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Interim_Government" title="Syrian Interim Government">interim government</a> to rule rebel controlled territory during the <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>.
<p>Syria has one self-declared autonomous region: <a href="/wiki/Rojava" title="Rojava">Rojava</a>.</p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>Taiwan (Republic of China) → <a href="#Taiwan">Taiwan</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
<td></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Tajikistan"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></b> – Republic of Tajikistan</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Tajikistan contains 1 autonomous region, <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Gorno-Badakhshan_Autonomous_Province" title="Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province">Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-19"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Tanzania"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a></b> – United Republic of Tanzania</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Tanzania contains 1 autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Zanzibar" title="Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-20"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Thailand"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a></b> – Kingdom of Thailand</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">Timor-Leste → <a href="#East_Timor">East Timor</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
<td></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Togo"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="809" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_Togo.svg/23px-Flag_of_Togo.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_Togo.svg/35px-Flag_of_Togo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_Togo.svg/46px-Flag_of_Togo.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a></b> – Togolese Republic</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Tonga"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="480" data-file-width="960" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a></b> – Kingdom of Tonga</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span style="display:none">ZZZ</span>Transnistria → <a href="#Transnistria">Transnistria</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A UN member state</span></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A None</span></td>
<td></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Trinidad_and_Tobago"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="480" data-file-width="800" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/23px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/35px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/46px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></b> – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Trinidad and Tobago contains 1 autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Tobago" title="Tobago">Tobago</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-21"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Tunisia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="800" data-file-width="1200" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a></b> – Tunisian Republic</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Turkey"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="800" data-file-width="1200" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></b> – Republic of Turkey</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Turkmenistan"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Tuvalu"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Tuvalu" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Tuvalu is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-14"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Uganda"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a></b> – Republic of Uganda</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Ukraine"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="800" data-file-width="1200" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="United_Arab_Emirates"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></b></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">The United Arab Emirates is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Emirates_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Emirates of the United Arab Emirates">seven emirates</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="United_Kingdom"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></b> – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EU_4-28"><a href="#cite_note-EU-4">[c]</a></sup> The United Kingdom is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-realm_7-15"><a href="#cite_note-realm-7">[e]</a></sup> consisting of <a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">four constituent countries</a>:
<ul>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="480" data-file-width="800" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1000" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="498" data-file-width="830" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Wales_2.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales_2.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Wales_2.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Wales_2.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales_2.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The United Kingdom has the following overseas territories:</p>
<ul>
<li><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/23px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/35px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/46px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="1000" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="1000" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands" title="Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="375" data-file-width="750" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="1000" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Antarctic_Territory" title="British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic Territory</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The British monarch has direct sovereignty over three self-governing Crown dependencies:</p>
<ul>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Guernsey" title="Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1000" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a></li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="United_States"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="650" data-file-width="1235" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></b> – United States of America</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">The United States is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Political_divisions_of_the_United_States" title="Political divisions of the United States">50 states and 1 federal district</a>. The United States has sovereignty over the following inhabited possessions and commonwealths:
<ul>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="1000" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="413" data-file-width="769" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Guam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guam.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Guam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Guam.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guam.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="1000" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/45px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="850" data-file-width="1276" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></li>
</ul>
<p>It also has sovereignty over several uninhabited territories:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/wiki/Baker_Island" title="Baker Island">Baker Island</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Howland_Island" title="Howland Island">Howland Island</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Island" title="Jarvis Island">Jarvis Island</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_Atoll" title="Johnston Atoll">Johnston Atoll</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kingman_Reef" title="Kingman Reef">Kingman Reef</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Midway_Atoll" title="Midway Atoll">Midway Atoll</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Navassa_Island" title="Navassa Island">Navassa Island</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Wake_Island" title="Wake Island">Wake Island</a></li>
</ul>
<p>It also has sovereignty over the following incorporated territories:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra_Atoll" title="Palmyra Atoll">Palmyra Atoll</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Three sovereign states have become <a href="/wiki/Associated_state" title="Associated state">associated states</a> of the United States under the <a href="/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association" title="Compact of Free Association">Compact of Free Association</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="570" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a> – Republic of the Marshall Islands</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="400" data-file-width="760" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="Federated States of Micronesia">Micronesia</a> – Federated States of Micronesia</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="800" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Palau" title="Palau">Palau</a> – Republic of Palau</li>
</ul>
<p>It also disputes sovereignty over the following territories:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bajo_Nuevo_Bank" title="Bajo Nuevo Bank">Bajo Nuevo Bank</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Serranilla_Bank" title="Serranilla Bank">Serranilla Bank</a></li>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Uruguay"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a></b> – Oriental Republic of Uruguay</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Uzbekistan"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="250" data-file-width="500" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></b> – Republic of Uzbekistan</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Uzbekistan contains 1 autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Karakalpakstan" title="Karakalpakstan">Karakalpakstan</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autonomous_9-22"><a href="#cite_note-autonomous-9">[f]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Vanuatu"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="360" data-file-width="600" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/46px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></b> – Republic of Vanuatu</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Vatican_City"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="500" data-file-width="500" height="16" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_the_Vatican_City.svg/16px-Flag_of_the_Vatican_City.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_the_Vatican_City.svg/24px-Flag_of_the_Vatican_City.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_the_Vatican_City.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_Vatican_City.svg.png 2x" width="16"/>  </span><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></b> – Vatican City State</td>
<td style="background:LightSkyBlue;"><span style="display:none">A</span> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">UN observer state</a> under the designation of "<a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>"; member of three <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">UN specialized agencies</a> and the <a href="/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" title="International Atomic Energy Agency">IAEA</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Administered by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>, a sovereign entity with diplomatic ties to <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Holy_See" title="International recognition of the Holy See">183 states</a> – 180 UN member states, one UN observer state (Palestine), the Cook Islands and the Republic of China (Taiwan).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-74"><a href="#cite_note-74">[49]</a></sup> The Holy See is a member of the <a href="/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" title="International Atomic Energy Agency">IAEA</a>, <a href="/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union" title="International Telecommunication Union">ITU</a>, <a href="/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union" title="Universal Postal Union">UPU</a>, and <a href="/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization" title="World Intellectual Property Organization">WIPO</a> and a permanent observer of the UN (in the category of "Non-member State")<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-unnms_71-1"><a href="#cite_note-unnms-71">[47]</a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Holy_See#Participation_in_international_organizations" title="Foreign relations of the Holy See">multiple other UN System organizations</a>. The Vatican City is governed by officials appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a>, who is the Bishop of the Diocese of Rome and <i>ex officio</i> sovereign of Vatican City.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Venezuela"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a></b> – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Venezuela is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_of_Venezuela" title="States of Venezuela">23 states, 1 capital district, and federal dependencies</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Vietnam"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a></b> – Socialist Republic of Vietnam</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Yemen"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="450" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a></b> – Republic of Yemen</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Zambia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="1400" data-file-width="2100" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a></b> – Republic of Zambia</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Zimbabwe"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="420" data-file-width="840" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/46px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></b> – Republic of Zimbabwe</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> UN member state</td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Abkhazia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Abkhazia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Abkhazia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Abkhazia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Abkhazia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Abkhazia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Abkhazia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a></b> – Republic of Abkhazia</td>
<td style="background:LemonChiffon;"><span style="display:none">D</span> No membership</td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;"><span style="display:none">B</span> Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> <span style="display:none">Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Abkhazia_and_South_Ossetia" title="International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia">Recognised by</a> Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-STPETTIMES_75-0"><a href="#cite_note-STPETTIMES-75">[50]</a></sup> Artsakh, South Ossetia and Transnistria.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ASOTREC_76-0"><a href="#cite_note-ASOTREC-76">[51]</a></sup> Claimed in whole by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Autonomous_Republic_of_Abkhazia" title="Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia">Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Artsakh"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="540" data-file-width="1080" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Artsakh</a></b> – Republic of Artsakh</td>
<td style="background:LemonChiffon;"><span style="display:none">D</span> No membership</td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;"><span style="display:none">B Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a></span> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> <span style="display:none">Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">A de facto independent state,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-montevideo_77-0"><a href="#cite_note-montevideo-77">[52]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-78"><a href="#cite_note-78">[53]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-79"><a href="#cite_note-79">[54]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Artsakh" title="Foreign relations of Artsakh">recognized only by</a> <a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NKRrecognition_80-0"><a href="#cite_note-NKRrecognition-80">[55]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NKRrecognition_80-1"><a href="#cite_note-NKRrecognition-80">[55]</a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Transnistria" title="Transnistria">Transnistria</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NKRrecognition_80-2"><a href="#cite_note-NKRrecognition-80">[55]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-transgovt_81-0"><a href="#cite_note-transgovt-81">[56]</a></sup> Claimed in whole by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-82"><a href="#cite_note-82">[57]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Cook_Islands"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></b></td>
<td style="background:lightgreen;"><span style="display:none">D</span> Member of eight <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">UN specialized agencies</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None<br/>
<small>(See <a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_the_Cook_Islands_and_Niue" title="Political status of the Cook Islands and Niue">political status</a>)</small></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">A state in <a href="/wiki/Associated_state" title="Associated state">free association</a> with <a href="#New_Zealand">New Zealand</a>, the Cook Islands maintains <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Cook_Islands" title="Foreign relations of the Cook Islands">diplomatic relations with 47 states</a>. The Cook Islands is a member of <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">multiple UN agencies</a> with full treaty making capacity.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-untreaty1_59-1"><a href="#cite_note-untreaty1-59">[36]</a></sup> It shares a <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_New_Zealand" title="Monarchy of New Zealand">head of state</a> with New Zealand as well as having <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_nationality_law" title="New Zealand nationality law">shared citizenship</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Kosovo"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="840" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/21px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/42px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 2x" width="21"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a></b> – Republic of Kosovo</td>
<td style="background:lightgreen;"><span style="display:none">D</span> Member of two <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">UN specialized agencies</a></td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;"><span style="display:none">B Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a></span> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> <span style="display:none">Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Pursuant to <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1244" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244">United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244</a>, Kosovo was placed under the administration of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Administration_Mission_in_Kosovo" title="United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo">United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo</a> in 1999.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-83"><a href="#cite_note-83">[58]</a></sup> Kosovo <a href="/wiki/2008_Kosovo_declaration_of_independence" title="2008 Kosovo declaration of independence">declared independence in 2008</a>, and it has <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Kosovo" title="International recognition of Kosovo">received diplomatic recognition from 111 UN member states</a> and the <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Republic_of_China" title="Republic of China">Republic of China</a>. Serbia continues to maintain its sovereignty claim over Kosovo. Other UN member states and non UN member states continue to recognise Serbian sovereignty or have taken no position on the question. Kosovo is a member of the <a href="/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund" title="International Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund</a> and the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank_Group" title="World Bank Group">World Bank Group</a>. The Republic of Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in <a href="/wiki/North_Kosovo" title="North Kosovo">North Kosovo</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Niue"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Niue.svg/23px-Flag_of_Niue.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Niue.svg/35px-Flag_of_Niue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Niue.svg/46px-Flag_of_Niue.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Niue" title="Niue">Niue</a></b></td>
<td style="background-color:lightgreen"><span style="display:none">D</span> Member of five <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">UN specialized agencies</a></td>
<td><span style="display:none">A</span> None<br/>
<small>(See <a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_the_Cook_Islands_and_Niue" title="Political status of the Cook Islands and Niue">political status</a>)</small></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">A state in <a href="/wiki/Associated_state" title="Associated state">free association</a> with <a href="#New_Zealand">New Zealand</a>, Niue maintains <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Niue" title="Foreign relations of Niue">diplomatic relations with 21  states</a>. Niue is a member of <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">multiple UN agencies</a> with full treaty making capacity.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-untreaty1_59-2"><a href="#cite_note-untreaty1-59">[36]</a></sup> It shares a <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_New_Zealand" title="Monarchy of New Zealand">head of state</a> with New Zealand as well as having <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_nationality_law" title="New Zealand nationality law">shared citizenship</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Northern_Cyprus"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="684" data-file-width="1026" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a></b> – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus</td>
<td style="background:LemonChiffon;"><span style="display:none">D</span> No membership</td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;"><span style="display:none">B Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></span> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> <span style="display:none">Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Northern_Cyprus" title="Foreign relations of Northern Cyprus">Recognised only by</a> <a href="#Turkey">Turkey</a>. Under the name "Turkish Cypriot State", it is an observer state of the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Organisation of Islamic Cooperation</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Economic_Cooperation_Organization" title="Economic Cooperation Organization">Economic Cooperation Organization</a>. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-84"><a href="#cite_note-84">[59]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="SADR"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a></b></td>
<td style="background:LemonChiffon;"><span style="display:none">D</span> No membership</td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;"><span style="display:none">B Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a></span> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> <span style="display:none">Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">Recognised at some stage by <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="International recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">84 UN member states</a>, 38 of which have since withdrawn or frozen their recognition. It is a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/African_Union" title="African Union">African Union</a> and the Asian-African Strategic Partnership formed at the 2005 <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Asian-African_Conference" title="Asian-African Conference">Asian-African Conference</a>. The territories under its control, the so-called <a href="/wiki/Free_Zone_(region)" title="Free Zone (region)">Free Zone</a>, are claimed in whole by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> as part of its <a href="/wiki/Southern_Provinces" title="Southern Provinces">Southern Provinces</a>. In turn, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claims the part of <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara" title="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a> to the west of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Wall_(Western_Sahara)" title="Wall (Western Sahara)">Moroccan Wall</a> controlled by Morocco. Its government resides in exile in <a href="/wiki/Tindouf" title="Tindouf">Tindouf</a>, <a href="#Algeria">Algeria</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Somaliland"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="1200" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a></b> – Republic of Somaliland</td>
<td style="background:LemonChiffon;"><span style="display:none">D</span> No membership</td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;"><span style="display:none">B Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a></span> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> <span style="display:none">Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">A de facto independent state,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-montevideo_77-1"><a href="#cite_note-montevideo-77">[52]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-85"><a href="#cite_note-85">[60]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-86"><a href="#cite_note-86">[61]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-87"><a href="#cite_note-87">[62]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-88"><a href="#cite_note-88">[63]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Somaliland" title="Foreign relations of Somaliland">not diplomatically recognised by</a> any other state, claimed in whole by the <a href="#Somalia">Federal Republic of Somalia</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-89"><a href="#cite_note-89">[64]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="South_Ossetia"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a></b> – Republic of South Ossetia</td>
<td style="background:LemonChiffon;"><span style="display:none">D</span> No membership</td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;"><span style="display:none">B</span> Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> <span style="display:none">Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">A de facto independent state,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-90"><a href="#cite_note-90">[65]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Abkhazia_and_South_Ossetia" title="International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia">recognised by</a> Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Venezuela,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-STPETTIMES_75-1"><a href="#cite_note-STPETTIMES-75">[50]</a></sup> Abkhazia, Artsakh and Transnistria.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ASOTREC_76-1"><a href="#cite_note-ASOTREC-76">[51]</a></sup> Claimed in whole by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> as the <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Provisional_Administrative_Entity_of_South_Ossetia" title="Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia">Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-cnnAbSO_91-0"><a href="#cite_note-cnnAbSO-91">[66]</a></sup></td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Taiwan"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="600" data-file-width="900" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></b> – Republic of China<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ChinaTaiwan_19-1"><a href="#cite_note-ChinaTaiwan-19">[k]</a></sup></td>
<td style="background:Orchid;"><span style="display:none">D</span><a href="/wiki/China_and_the_United_Nations" title="China and the United Nations">Former UN member</a> (as Republic of China, 1945–1971)<br/>
Observer in one <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">UN specialized agency</a> under the name "<a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei" title="Chinese Taipei">Chinese Taipei</a>"</td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;"><span style="display:none">B Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a></span> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> <span style="display:none">Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">A state competing (nominally) for recognition with the <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a> as the government of China since 1949. The Republic of China controls the island of <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> and associated islands, Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas and parts of the <a href="/wiki/Spratly_Islands" title="Spratly Islands">Spratly Islands</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Spratly_92-0"><a href="#cite_note-Spratly-92">[z]</a></sup> and has not renounced claims over its annexed territories on the <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-93"><a href="#cite_note-93">[67]</a></sup> The Republic of China is recognised by <a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="International recognition of the Republic of China">19</a> UN member states and the Holy See as of 13 June 2017. The territory of the Republic of China is claimed in whole by the People's Republic of China.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TAI2_20-1"><a href="#cite_note-TAI2-20">[l]</a></sup> The Republic of China <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan#Relations_with_international_organizations" title="Foreign relations of Taiwan">participates in international organizations</a> under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly "<a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei" title="Chinese Taipei">Chinese Taipei</a>" and in the <a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization" title="World Trade Organization">WTO</a> it has full membership. The Republic of China was a founding member of the UN and enjoyed membership from 1945 to 1971, with veto power in the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">UN Security Council</a>. See <a href="/wiki/China_and_the_United_Nations" title="China and the United Nations">China and the United Nations</a>.</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><span id="Transnistria"></span><b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="300" data-file-width="600" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Transnistria_%28state%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Transnistria_%28state%29.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Transnistria_%28state%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Transnistria_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Transnistria_%28state%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Transnistria_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" width="23"/> </span><a href="/wiki/Transnistria" title="Transnistria">Transnistria</a></b> – Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic</td>
<td style="background:LemonChiffon;"><span style="display:none">D</span> No membership</td>
<td style="background:LightCoral;"><span style="display:none">B Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a></span> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> <span style="display:none">Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;">A de facto independent state,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-montevideo_77-2"><a href="#cite_note-montevideo-77">[52]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Transnistria" title="Foreign relations of Transnistria">recognised only by</a> Abkhazia, Artsakh and South Ossetia.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ASOTREC_76-2"><a href="#cite_note-ASOTREC-76">[51]</a></sup> Claimed in whole by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> as the <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Transnistria_autonomous_territorial_unit_with_special_legal_status" title="Transnistria autonomous territorial unit with special legal status">Transnistria autonomous territorial unit</a></i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-94"><a href="#cite_note-94">[68]</a></sup></td>
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