List of sovereign states and dependent territories
This is an alphabetical list of sovereign states and their dependencies. This list includes, in addition to universally recognised independent sovereign states, several countries with limited recognition, and dependent territories, such as overseas territories, protectorates, and colonies. These dependencies are grouped with the sovereign states of which they are a part.
Sovereign states
Common and formal names | Capital city | Region | Particularities |
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Acadiana
Cajun Republic of Acadiana |
Lafayette | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Afghanistan
Kingdom of Afghanistan |
Kabul | Southern Asia | |
Agwe
Kingdom of Agwe |
Lomé | Western Africa | |
Alania
Republic of Alania |
Dzaudzhikau | Caucasus | |
Alaska
Alaskan Republic |
Anchorage | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Albania
Republic of Albania |
Tirana | Southeastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Ambazonia
Republic of Ambazonia |
Bamenda | Western Africa | |
Andean Confederation | Bogota | Southern America | Only nominally a confederation; the state is more accurately described as a federation of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. |
Andorra
Principality of Andorra |
Andorra la Vella | Western Europe | |
Arabia
Republic of Arabia |
Riyadh | Western Asia | |
Arakan
Rakhine Republic |
Thandwe | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Argentina
Argentine Republic |
Buenos Aires | Southern America | |
Arkansas
State of Arkansas |
Little Rock | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Armenia
Republic of Armenia |
Yerevan | Caucasus | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Asanteman
Akan Kingdom of Asanteman |
Kumasi | Western Africa | |
Assam
Republic of Assam |
Guwahati | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Assenisipia
Free State of Assenisipia |
Beloit | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Austria
Republic of Austria |
Vienna | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Avaria
Mountainous Republic of the Avars |
Makhachkala | Caucasus | |
Azerbaijan
Republic of Azerbaijan |
Baku | Caucasus | |
Balantia
Balanta Republic |
Bissau | Western Africa | |
Belarus
Republic of Belarus |
Mogilev | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Belgium
Kingdom of Belgium |
Brussels | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Bengal
Republic of Bengal |
Calcutta | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Benin
Republic of Benin |
Ubinu | Western Africa | |
Benuea
United State of Benuea |
Kaduna | Western Africa | |
Bhutan
Kingdom of Bhutan |
Thimphu | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Biafra
Republic of Biafra |
Enugu | Western Africa | |
Borgavia
Republic of Borgu |
Kandi | Western Africa | |
Bornu
Sultanate of Bornu |
Yerwa | Western Africa | |
Bounkani
Free State of Bounkani |
Bouna | Western Africa | Claimed by Asanteman. Partially recognized. |
Brazil
Federative Republic of Brazil |
Brasilia | Southern America | |
Brunei
Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace |
Bandar Seri Begawan | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Burma
Bamar Republic of Burma |
Rangoon | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Buryatia
Buryat Free State |
Ulan-Ude | Siberia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Casamance
Republic of Casamance |
Ziguinchor | Western Africa | |
California
Republic of California |
Sacramento | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Cambodia
Kingdom of Cambodia |
Phnom Penh | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Centramerica
Federal Union of Central America |
Managua | Central America | Confederation of four states:
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Chaco
Republic of the Chaco |
Salta | Southern America | |
Chicagoland | Chicago | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Chile
Republic of Chile |
Santiago | Southern America | |
China
Republic of China |
Nanjing | Eastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Circassia
Union of Circassia |
Sochi | Caucasus | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Colorado
Free State of Colorado |
Pueblo | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Congo
Unitary Republic of the Congo |
Kinshasa | Central Africa | |
Crimea
Tatar Republic of Crimea |
Akmechet | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Crowley | Forrest City | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Cuba
Republic of Cuba |
Havana | Caribbean | |
Cuyo
Republic of Cuyo |
Mendoza | Southern America | |
Czechia
Czech Republic |
Prague | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Dagbon
Kingdom of Dagbon |
Tamale | Western Africa | |
Dahomey
Republic of Dahomey |
Cotonou | Western Africa | |
Darginia
Mountainous Republic of Darginia |
Hizbirbash | Caucasus | |
Degaria
Degar State |
Lac Giao | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Denmark
Kingdom of Denmark |
Copenhague | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Denver
Free City of Denver |
Denver | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Deseret
State of Deseret |
Salt Lake City | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | Caribbean | |
Egypt
Kingdom of Egypt |
Cairo | Northern Africa | |
Estonia
Republic of Estonia |
Tallinn | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Empire |
Addis Ababa | Eastern Africa | |
Etula
Republic of Etula |
Malabo | Western Africa | |
Finland
Republic of Finland |
Helsinki | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Fouta Djallon
Fulani Republic of Fouta Djallon |
Labé | Western Africa | |
France
French Republic |
Paris | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Freetown
Republic of Sierra Leone |
Freetown | Western Africa | |
Galicia-Asturias
Republic of Galicia and Asturias |
Corunna | Western Europe | |
Georgia | Kutaisi | Caucasus | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Germany
Federal Republic of Germany |
Frankfurt | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Gila
Gila Republic |
Show Low | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Gowa
Sultanate of Gowa |
Makassar | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Greece
Hellenic Republic |
Athens | Southeastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Gurmania
Gourmantché Republic |
Noungu | Western Africa | |
Gymnesia
Balearic Republic of Gymnesia |
Palma | Western Europe | |
Haiti
Republic of Haiti |
Port-au-Prince | Caribbean | |
Hausaland
Federal Republic of Hausaland |
Kano | Western Africa | |
Hungary | Budapest | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Iceland
Republic of Iceland |
Reykjavik | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Ichkeria
Republic of Ichkeria |
Solzha-Gala | Caucasus | |
Idaho
State of Idaho |
Boise | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Idel-Ural Republic | Kazan | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Illinois | Galesburg | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Imperial Federation
United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and His Majesty's Dominions |
London | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council.
5 constituent dominions, each further subdivided:
Protectorates and crown colonies:
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Iowa
State of Iowa |
Des Moines | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Iran
Imperial State of Iran |
Tehran | Western Asia | |
Iraq
Kingdom of Iraq |
Baghdad | Western Asia | |
Ireland | Dublin | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Italy
Italian Republic |
Rome | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Japan
Imperial Realm of Great Japan |
Tokyo | Eastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Jolof
Republic of Jolof |
Dakar | Western Africa | |
Kachinland
Kachin Republic |
Myitkyina | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Kansas City | Kansas City | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Katanga
State of Katanga |
Lubumbashi | Central Africa | |
Kashgaria
Uyghur Republic of Kashgaria |
Kashgar | Central Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Kenatao
Republic of Kenatao |
Milwaukee | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Khakassia
Republic of Khakassia |
Abakan | Siberia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Kivu
Republic of Kivu |
Bukavu | Central Africa | |
Korea
Korean Empire |
Hanseong | Eastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Lagos
Republic of the Free City of Lagos |
Lagos | Western Africa | |
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Lakota Republic |
Rapid City | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Laos
Kingdom of Laos |
Vientiane | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Las Vegas | Las Vegas | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Latvia
Republic of Latvia |
Riga | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Lezgistan
Mountainous Republic of Lezgistan |
Derbent | Caucasus | |
Liberia
Republic of Liberia |
Monrovia | Western Africa | |
Liechtenstein
Principality of Liechtenstein |
Vaduz | Western Europe | |
Lithuania
Republic of Lithuania |
Vilnius | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Little Egypt
Independent Republic of Southern Illinois |
Saint Louis | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Lucaya
Lucayan Republic |
Nassau | Caribbean | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Lusatia
Sorb Republic of Lusatia |
Cottbus | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
Luxembourg | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Macina
State of Macina |
Mopti | Western Africa | |
Malaya
Union of Malaya |
Kuala Lumpur | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Mali
Republic of Mali |
Bamako | Western Africa | |
Manchuria
Manchu Republic |
Mukden | Eastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Mandesia
Mandé Republic |
Kankan | Western Africa | |
Manipur
Kingdom of Manipur |
Imphal | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Maya Federation
Maya Federation of the Yucatán Peninsula, Guatemala, and Chiapas |
Campeche | Central America | |
Mexico
United Mexican States |
Mexico City | Central America | |
Miskito
Republic of the Miskito Coast |
Bluefields | Central America | |
Moluccas, The
Union of the Moluccas |
Ternate | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Mojave
Republic of Mojave |
Los Angeles | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Monaco
Principality of Monaco |
Monaco | Western Europe | |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Eastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
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State of Montana |
Helena | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Nataqua
State of Nataqua |
Reno | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Navajoland
Navajo Nation |
Gallup | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Nepal
Kingdom of Nepal |
Kathmandu | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Netherlands, The
Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Amsterdam | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
New Britain
United States of New Britain |
Concord | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization.
Territorial disputes and border conflicts with the United States of America; claims the four special federally protected cities of Portland, Boston, Providence, and New York. |
New Orleans
Free City of New Orleans |
New Orleans | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Norway
Kingdom of Norway |
Oslo | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Ozarks, The
Republic of the Ozarks |
Springfield | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Palouse
Republic of the Palouse |
Spokane | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Pampas
United Republics of the Pampas |
Porto Alegre | Southern America | |
Panama
Republic of Panama |
Panama City | Central America | |
Papua
Independent State of Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Patagonia
Mapuche Republic of Patagonia |
Neuquen | Southern America | |
Philippines, The
Republic of the Philippines and Sabah |
Manila | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Phoenix
State of Arizona |
Phoenix | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Poland
Republic of Poland |
Warsaw | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Portugal
Portuguese Republic |
Lisbon | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Puerto Rico
Republic of Puerto Rico |
San Juan | Caribbean | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Rif Republic
Confederal Republic of the Tribes of the Rif |
Tangier | Northern Africa | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Rio Grande
Republic of Rio Grande |
Albuquerque | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Romania
Kingdom of Romania |
Bucharest | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Russia
Russian Republic |
Moscow | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Saint Andres and Providence | San Andrés | Caribbean | |
Salish
Salish Republic |
Seattle | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization.
Territorial dispute with the Imperial Federation over the Columbian Strip. |
San Marino
Republic of San Marino |
San Marino | Western Europe | |
Sarawak
Republic of Sarawak |
Kuching | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Sardinia
Republic of Sardinia |
Sassari | Western Europe | |
Sassandra
Republic of Sassandra |
Daloa | Western Africa | |
Senufia
Senufo Republic |
Sikasso | Western Africa | |
Sequoyah
State of Sequoyah |
Tulsa | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Siberian Confederation | None | Siberia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization.
11 constituent sovereign republics:
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Sicily – Republic of Sicily | Palermo | Western Europe | |
Slovakia
Slovak Republic |
Nitra | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Sosonee
Free State of Sosonee |
Burns | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Sossonia
Sosso Republic |
Conakry | Western Africa | |
Spain
Spanish Republic |
Madrid | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Sunda
National Union of Sunda |
Jakarta | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Sweden
Kingdom of Sweden |
Stockholm | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Switzerland – Swiss Confederation | De jure none; de facto Bern | Western Europe | |
Sylvania
Republic of Sylvania |
Minneapolis-Saint-Paul | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Tailong
Shan State of Tailong |
Taunggyi | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Temné Republic | Makeni | Western Africa | |
Tenasserim
Independent Republic of Tenasserim |
Moulmein | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Texas
Second Republic of Texas |
Austin | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Thailand
Kingdom of Thailand |
Bangkok | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Tibet | Lhasa | Eastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Timor
Republic of Timor, Flores, and Sumba |
Kupang | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Tripura
Kingdom of Tripura |
Agartala | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Turan
Union of Turan |
Tashkent | Central Asia | |
Turkey
Republic of Turkey |
Ankara | Western Asia | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Ukraine | Kiev | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Soviet Union
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
De jure Moscow; de facto Stalingrad | Siberia | Officially still claims all 1938 Soviet territory and administrative subdivisions. |
United States
United States of America |
Washington, D.C. | Northern America | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization (suspended to extraordinary observer status).
16 constituent states:
4 special federally protected cities:
In spite of the 2079 treaty of Pittsburgh in which it agreed to a truce with the governments east of the Mississippi River, north of the Ohio River, and that of New Britain, the federal government of the United States still claims the territory of all 61 states. Additionally, the Federally Protected City of New York is only partially controlled by US forces, with most of the city in active New British-supported rebellion. |
Vatican City
Vatican City State |
Vatican City | Western Europe | |
Venetia-Lombardy
Republic of Venetia and Lombardy |
Milan | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council.
1 autonomous province:
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Venezuela
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
Caracas | Southern America | |
Vietnam
Kingdom of Vietnam |
Saigon | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Wabash Federation | Columbus | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Wagadugu-Yatenga
Dual Republic of Wagadugu-Yatenga |
Wagadugu | Western Africa | |
Wattara
Kingdom of Wattara |
Korhogo | Western Africa | |
Wichita
Free City of Wichita |
Wichita | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Wisconsin
State of Wisconsin |
Madison | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
Yorubaland
Yoruba Nation |
Ibadan | Western Africa | |
Yugoslavia
Federal Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Belgrade | Southeastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
Yugra
Nenets Republic |
Vorkuta | Siberia | |
Zulia
Republic of Zulia |
Macaibo | Southern America |
Dependent territories
Common and formal names | Capital city | Region | Status |
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Arab Gulf League
Arab League of the Persian Gulf |
Doha | Western Asia | Protectorate of the Imperial Federation.
Consists of eleven constituent states (ten emirates and one malikate):
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Azania
Republic of Azania |
Kismayo | Eastern Africa | Associated state of Ethiopia in the Somali Confederation. |
Balochistan
Protectorate of Balochistan |
Turbat | Southern Asia | Protectorate of the Imperial Federation. |
Bechuanaland
Bechuanaland Protectorate |
Mafikeng | Southern Africa | Nominally a protectorate of the Imperial Federation. In practice, Bechuanaland enjoys a high degree of autonomy more akin to that of an associated state. |
Cafaria
Cafar Republic |
Jibuti | Eastern Africa | Protectorate of Ethiopia |
French Equatorial Africa | Brazzaville | Central Africa | Colony of France |
French Occidental Africa | Agadez | Western Africa | Colony of France |
Karelia
Republic of Karelia |
Anislinna | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council.
In free association with Finland; effectively in a confederation. |
Kola
Sami Republic |
Kola | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council.
In free association with Finland; effectively in a confederation. |
Libya | Tripoli | Northern Africa | Shared protectorate of France and the Imperial Federation. |
Morocco
Kingdom of Morocco |
Rabat | Northern Africa | Member of the Pan-European Council.
Protectorate of France. |
Oman
Sultanate of Oman |
Muscat | Western Asia | Protectorate of the Imperial Federation. |
Puntland
Somali state of Puntland |
Bosaso | Eastern Africa | Associated state of Ethiopia in the Somali Confederation. |
Somalia
Federal state of Somalia |
Mogadishu | Eastern Africa | Associated state of Ethiopia in the Somali Confederation |
Somaliland
Protectorate of Somaliland |
Hargeisa | Eastern Africa | Protectorate of the Imperial Federation. |
Sudan
Protectorate of the Sudan |
Khartoum | Northern Africa | Protectorate of the Imperial Federation. |
Yemen
Republic of Yemen |
Sana'a | Western Asia | Protectorate of the Imperial Federation. |