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A historical sovereign state is a state that once existed, but has since been dissolved due to conflict, war, rebellion, annexation, or uprising. This page lists sovereign states, countries, nations, or empires that ceased to exist as political entities sometime after 1453, grouped geographically and by constitutional nature. [note 1]
A stateless nation is an ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own sovereign state. [1] Use of the term implies that such ethnic groups has the right to self-determination , to establish an independent nation-state with its own government.
PeopleFlagLanguagesLanguage Family [a]Hinduism (mostly Shaivism)Chinese folk religion, Taoism, Buddhism, ...Islam (Sunni, Shia)Kurdish languages, (originally) Arabic, ...Islam (Sunni, Shia, Alevi), ...Jun 29, 2024 · While countries such as Norway, United States, Chile, United Kingdom, Poland and Australia all have bases there and land claims, the continent is still not recognised by the United Nations as an actual country.
Jul 14, 2023 · One of the most significant examples of a Terra nullius is Bir Tawil, a 2,060-kilometer square (795 square mile) patch of land near the border between Egypt and Sudan, which is claimed by...
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Sep 3, 2014 · Those coloured patches on the map may be democracies, dictatorships or too chaotic to be either, but virtually all claim to be one thing: a nation state, the sovereign territory of a “people”...
Jan 19, 2024 · Thanks to geopolitical forces, entire nations come and go. T here are countries, republics and regions that, quite literally, have fallen off the map. Some changed names. Others were split into separate entities. Many lost their sovereignty after being taken over by another country.
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There are cases where a state is completely extinguished or abolished without having any successor states. Cases like this occur when, for example, one state is annexed or conquered by another and ceases to exist even in nominal form (i.e. not even a "government in exile" is established).