Weird geopolitical entities

Submitted by FreeStater on October 5, 2025

Seeing as this is a geography-focused website, what are some weird, obscure geopolitical entities y'all know about? I'll start:

Grenada's portion of the Grenadines is technically a dependency known as Carriacou and Petite Martinique. This makes Grenada the smallest country to have a dependent territory.

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Level 63

Oct 5, 2025

India apparently has autonomous administrative divisions and i never see them mentioned

Level 81

Oct 6, 2025

Spain and France share an island, but the ownership changes every 6 months. In English it is known as Pheasant Island. You can read more about it in one of my blogs.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE BLOG

Level 61

Oct 6, 2025

Hans Island which, controversially, makes a border between Canada and Greenland (Denmark). Someone needs to build a canal through it

Level 69

Oct 7, 2025

idk... maybe if ppl want to know about obscure geopolitical entities, they should read the Countries Iceberg series

wink wink

Level 81

Oct 7, 2025

Completely agree, one of the best blog series ever made.

Level 62