Partially Recognized Countries

Then it doesn’t matter. That’s like saying if a dragon said dinosaurs weren’t extinct, dinosaurs would be alive.

Ramstein is the biggest US base in Europe. There are currently 35,000 US soldiers on active duty in Germany and 14 in Kosovo.

What? No lol

Sudan now recognizes Israel! And hopefully Saudi Arabia soon, but probably not

They aren't recognized as an independent nation by anyone other than themselves as of right now.

You mean translation?

There be dragons!

OR

Same as any other map since the places exist. They just don't have the same status.

I wonder what Afghabwe thinks…

And DR Congo does not recognize Kosovo. President Joseph Kabila Kabangen said that his country would not recognise the independence of Kosovo for as long as he lived. Serious business!

Maybe no? Currently UN recognize the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan but not the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Creative diplomacy on the part of the Russkis - nobody in Vanuatu would have the faintest idea about any of this, nor would they care. Cash in hand for a crooked official is all it boils down to…

It should accept single S or double T (regex SOUTHOS+ET+IA).

ssoutth?

The International Court of Justice ruled that the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence did not violate international law. The 2013 Brussels Agreement between Serbia and Kosovo abolished all of the Republic of Serbia's institutions in Kosovo. That makes Kosovo at least a de facto country. 97 UN members recognize it as a de jure country.

UN recognition has to do with popularity and politics. Not objective reality. For an ever clearer case of this, just look at China and Taiwan. JetPunk recognizes both countries as they are both independent and fully sovereign. At the UN, however, recognition switched from Taiwan to China in 1971. Taiwan was no less independent and no less sovereign from 1971-2022 than it was from 1949-1970. Nothing changed in 1971 except for politics. The objective and fair thing to do would be to recognize both countries. But the UN is neither neutral nor objective. They are an organization driven by politics, as are other countries.

I think bc currently Palestine doesn't really have full sovereignty, like uhhh Israel still controls parts of West Bank, maybe that's why..? I guess Jetpunk will add Palestine if the government of Palestine is able to control all of their land, Idk I saw this somewhere else. Take Taiwan for example, even tho it's not recognized by the UN, but it's a de facto country that has its own government, China did not dare to touch them, thats why Jetpunk include Taiwan I think (correct me if I'm wrong)

They only did that to help with the invasion. The recognition definitely won’t be permanent

... and they're gone.

Welp looks like that won't be necessary anymore...

Somaliland is only recognized by itself, it is only de facto independent.

They have enough problems with their own politics to be focused on ours :)

Same here

I think taiwan (Republic of China) controls the territory of China in their map.

There are explanations, none of them valid

It's not that Bhutan doesn't recognize them, it's that Bhutan doesn't have diplomatic relations with them, just as it doesn't have them with the US and much of the world.