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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![]() Cajun Republic of Acadiana |
Lafayette | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Kingdom of Afghanistan |
Kabul | Southern Asia | |
![]() Kingdom of Agwe |
Lomé | Western Africa | |
![]() Republic of Alania |
Dzaudzhikau | Caucasus | |
![]() Alaskan Republic |
Anchorage | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Albania |
Tirana | Southeastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Republic of Amapá |
Macapá | Southern America | |
![]() Republic of Ambazonia |
Bamenda | Western Africa | |
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Lima | Southern America | Only nominally a confederation; the state is more accurately described as a federation of Ecuador and Peru. |
![]() Principality of Andorra |
Andorra la Vella | Western Europe | |
![]() Republic of Arabia |
Riyadh | Western Asia | |
![]() Rakhine Republic |
Thandwe | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Argentine Republic |
Buenos Aires | Southern America | |
![]() Phoenix, Arizona |
Phoenix | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() State of Arkansas |
Little Rock | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Armenia |
Yerevan | Caucasus | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Akan Kingdom of Asanteman |
Kumasi | Western Africa | |
![]() Republic of Assam |
Guwahati | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Free State of Assenisipia |
Moline | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Federation of Austria and Bavaria |
Munich | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Mountainous Republic of the Avars |
Makhachkala | Caucasus | |
![]() Republic of Azerbaijan |
Baku | Caucasus | |
![]() Balanta Republic |
Bissau | Western Africa | |
![]() Republic of Belarus |
Mogilev | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Kingdom of Belgium |
Brussels | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Republic of Bengal |
Calcutta | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Benin |
Ubinu | Western Africa | |
![]() United State of Benuea |
Kaduna | Western Africa | |
![]() Kingdom of Bhutan |
Thimphu | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Biafra |
Enugu | Western Africa | |
![]() Bitterroot Republic |
Missoula | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organisation. |
![]() Plurinational Republic of Bolivia |
La Paz | Southern America | |
![]() Republic of Borgu |
Kandi | Western Africa | |
![]() Sultanate of Bornu |
Yerwa | Western Africa | |
![]() Free State of Bounkani |
Bouna | Western Africa | Claimed by Asanteman. Partially recognized. |
![]() Federative Republic of Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro | Southern America | |
![]() Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace |
Bandar Seri Begawan | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Bamar Republic of Burma |
Rangoon | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Burundi |
Bujumbura | Eastern Africa | |
![]() Buryat Free State |
Ulan-Ude | Siberia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Casamance |
Ziguinchor | Western Africa | |
![]() Republic of California |
Sacramento | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Kingdom of Cambodia |
Phnom Penh | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Federal Union of Central America |
Managua | Central America | Confederation of four states:
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![]() Republic of the Chaco |
Salta | Southern America | |
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Chicago | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Chile |
Santiago | Southern America | |
![]() Republic of China |
Nanjing | Eastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Union of Circassia |
Sochi | Caucasus | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Republic of Colombia |
Bogotá | Southern America | |
![]() Free State of Colorado |
Pueblo | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Unitary Republic of the Congo |
Kinshasa | Central Africa | |
![]() Tatar Republic of Crimea |
Akmechet | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
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Forrest City | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Cuba |
Havana | Caribbean | |
![]() Republic of Cuyo |
Mendoza | Southern America | |
![]() Czech Republic |
Prague | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Kingdom of Dagbon |
Tamale | Western Africa | |
![]() Republic of Dahomey |
Cotonou | Western Africa | |
![]() Mountainous Republic of Darginia |
Hizbirbash | Caucasus | |
![]() Degar State |
Lac Giao | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Kingdom of Denmark |
Copenhague | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Free City of Denver |
Denver | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() State of Deseret |
Salt Lake City | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
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Santo Domingo | Caribbean | |
![]() Kingdom of Egypt |
Cairo | Northern Africa | |
![]() Republic of Estonia |
Tallinn | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Ethiopian Empire |
Addis Ababa | Eastern Africa | |
![]() Republic of Etula |
Malabo | Western Africa | |
![]() Republic of Finland |
Helsinki | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Fulani Republic of Fouta Djallon |
Labé | Western Africa | |
![]() French Republic |
Paris | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Republic of Sierra Leone |
Freetown | Western Africa | |
![]() Republic of Galicia and Asturias |
Corunna | Western Europe | |
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Kutaisi | Caucasus | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Federal Republic of Germany |
Frankfurt | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Gila Republic |
Show Low | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Sultanate of Gowa |
Makassar | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Federal Union of the Great Plains |
Lincoln | Northern America | Defunct state; the federal government holds little control over its own territory outside the capital and a few cities, with the rest of the country divided between dozens of small, unrecognized statelets. |
![]() Hellenic Republic |
Athens | Southeastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Republic of Guadeloupe and Martinique |
Foyal | Caribbean | |
![]() Gourmantché Republic |
Noungu | Western Africa | |
![]() Balearic Republic of Gymnesia |
Palma | Western Europe | |
![]() Republic of Haiti |
Port-au-Prince | Caribbean | |
![]() Federal Republic of Hausaland |
Kano | Western Africa | |
![]() Kingdom of Hawaii |
Honolulu | Polynesia | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
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Budapest | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Republic of Iceland |
Reykjavik | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Republic of Ichkeria |
Solzha-Gala | Caucasus | |
![]() State of Idaho |
Boise | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
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Kazan | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
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Galesburg | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() 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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![]() State of Iowa |
Des Moines | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Imperial State of Iran |
Tehran | Western Asia | |
![]() Kingdom of Iraq |
Baghdad | Western Asia | |
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Dublin | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Italian Republic |
Rome | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Imperial Realm of Great Japan |
Tokyo | Eastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Jolof |
Dakar | Western Africa | |
![]() Kachin Republic |
Myitkyina | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
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Kansas City | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() South Kasai |
Bakwanga | Central Africa | |
![]() Uyghur Republic of Kashgaria |
Kashgar | Central Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() State of Katanga |
Lubumbashi | Central Africa | |
![]() Republic of Kenatao |
Milwaukee | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Khakassia |
Abakan | Siberia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() United Republics of Kivu |
Bukavu | Central Africa | |
![]() Korean Empire |
Hanseong | Eastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of the Free City of Lagos |
Lagos | Western Africa | |
![]() Kingdom of Laos |
Vientiane | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
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Las Vegas | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Latvia |
Riga | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Mountainous Republic of Lezgistan |
Derbent | Caucasus | |
![]() Republic of Liberia |
Monrovia | Western Africa | |
![]() Principality of Liechtenstein |
Vaduz | Western Europe | |
![]() Republic of Lithuania |
Vilnius | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Independent Republic of Southern Illinois |
Belleville | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Lucayan Republic |
Nassau | Caribbean | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Sorb Republic of Lusatia |
Cottbus | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
Luxembourg | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() State of Macina |
Mopti | Western Africa | |
![]() Union of Malaya |
Kuala Lumpur | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Mali |
Bamako | Western Africa | |
![]() Manchu Republic |
Mukden | Eastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Mandé Republic |
Kankan | Western Africa | |
![]() Kingdom of Manipur |
Imphal | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Maya Federation of the Yucatán Peninsula, Guatemala, and Chiapas |
Campeche | Central America | |
![]() United Mexican States |
Mexico City | Central America | |
![]() Union of the Moluccas |
Ternate | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Mojave |
Los Angeles | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Principality of Monaco |
Monaco | Western Europe | |
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Ulaanbaatar | Eastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Mosquitia |
Bluefields | Central America | |
![]() State of Nataqua |
Reno | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Navajo Nation |
Gallup | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Kingdom of Nepal |
Kathmandu | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Amsterdam | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Free City of New Orleans |
New Orleans | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Kingdom of Norway |
Oslo | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() City of Omaha |
Omaha | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of the Ozarks |
Springfield | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of the Palouse |
Spokane | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() United Republics of the Pampas |
Porto Alegre | Southern America | |
![]() Republic of Panama |
Panama City | Central America | |
![]() Independent State of Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Mapuche Republic of Patagonia |
Neuquen | Southern America | |
![]() Republic of the Philippines and Sabah |
Manila | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Poland |
Warsaw | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Portuguese Republic |
Lisbon | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Republic of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands |
San Juan | Caribbean | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Confederal Republic of the Tribes of the Rif |
Tangier | Northern Africa | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Republic of Rio Grande |
Albuquerque | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Kingdom of Romania |
Bucharest | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Russian Republic |
Moscow | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Republic of Rwanda |
Kigali | Eastern Africa | |
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San Andrés | Caribbean | |
![]() Salish Republic |
Seattle | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization.
Territorial dispute with the Imperial Federation over the Columbian Strip. |
![]() Republic of San Marino |
San Marino | Western Europe | |
![]() Republic of Sarawak |
Kuching | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Sardinia |
Sassari | Western Europe | |
![]() Republic of Sassandra |
Daloa | Western Africa | |
![]() Senufo Republic |
Sikasso | Western Africa | |
![]() State of Sequoyah |
Tulsa | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
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None | Siberia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization.
11 constituent sovereign republics:
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Palermo | Western Europe | |
![]() Slovak Republic |
Nitra | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Free State of Sosonee |
Burns | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Sosso Republic |
Conakry | Western Africa | |
![]() Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
De jure Moscow; de facto Stalingrad | Siberia | Officially still claims all 1938 Soviet territory and administrative subdivisions. |
![]() Spanish Republic |
Madrid | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() National Union of Sunda |
Jakarta | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Kingdom of Sweden |
Stockholm | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Swiss Confederation |
De jure none; de facto Bern | Western Europe | |
![]() Republic of Sylvania |
Minneapolis-Saint-Paul | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Táchira |
San Cristóbal | Southern America | |
![]() Shan State of Tailong |
Taunggyi | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
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Makeni | Western Africa | |
![]() Independent Republic of Tenasserim |
Moulmein | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Second Republic of Texas |
Austin | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Kingdom of Thailand |
Bangkok | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
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Lhasa | Eastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Timor, Flores, and Sumba |
Kupang | Indonesia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Free City of Topeka |
Topeka | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Kingdom of Tripura |
Agartala | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Union of Turan |
Tashkent | Central Asia | |
![]() Republic of Turkey |
Ankara | Western Asia | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
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Kiev | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() 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 State |
Vatican City | Western Europe | |
![]() Republic of Venetia and Lombardy |
Milan | Western Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council.
1 autonomous province:
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![]() Cooperative of Venezuela |
Caracas | Southern America | |
![]() Kingdom of Vietnam |
Saigon | Southeastern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
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Columbus | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Dual Republic of Wagadugu-Yatenga |
Wagadugu | Western Africa | |
![]() Kingdom of Wattara |
Korhogo | Western Africa | |
![]() United States of Venezuela |
Barquisimeto | Southern America | |
![]() Free City of Wichita |
Wichita | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() State of Wisconsin |
Madison | Northern America | Extraordinary observer state of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Yemen |
Sana'a | Western Asia | |
![]() Yoruba Nation |
Ibadan | Western Africa | |
![]() Federal Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Belgrade | Southeastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council. |
![]() Nenets Republic |
Vorkuta | Siberia | |
![]() Zomi Republic |
Aizawl | Southern Asia | Member of the Transpacific Treaty Organization. |
![]() Republic of Zulia |
Maracaibo | Southern America |
Dependent territories
Common and formal names | Capital city | Region | Status |
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![]() 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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![]() Republic of Azania |
Kismayo | Eastern Africa | Associated state of Ethiopia in the Somali Confederation. |
![]() Protectorate of Balochistan |
Turbat | Southern Asia | Protectorate of the Imperial Federation. |
![]() Protectorate of Barotseland |
Mongu | Southern Africa | Protectorate of the Imperial Federation. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Cafar Republic |
Jibuti | Eastern Africa | Condominium of Ethiopia and France. |
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Republic of British Columbia |
Kelowna | Northern America | Imperial occupation zone. |
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Brazzaville | Central Africa | Colony of France. |
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Agadez | Western Africa | Colony of France. |
![]() Republic of Karelia |
Anislinna | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council.
In free association with Finland; effectively in a confederation. |
![]() Sami Republic |
Kola | Eastern Europe | Member of the Pan-European Council.
In free association with Finland; effectively in a confederation. |
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Tripoli | Northern Africa | Shared protectorate of France and the Imperial Federation. |
![]() Kingdom of Morocco |
Rabat | Northern Africa | Member of the Pan-European Council.
Protectorate of France. |
![]() Protectorate of the Upper Nile |
Juba | Eastern Africa | Protectorate of the Imperial Federation. |
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North-Central Administrative Region |
Flint | Northern America | British occupation zone. |
![]() Sultanate of Oman |
Muscat | Western Asia | Protectorate of the Imperial Federation. |
![]() Somali state of Puntland |
Bosaso | Eastern Africa | Associated state of Ethiopia in the Somali Confederation. |
![]() Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland |
Salisbury | Southern Africa | Colony of the Imperial Federation. |
![]() Federal state of Somalia |
Mogadishu | Eastern Africa | Associated state of Ethiopia in the Somali Confederation. |
![]() Protectorate of Somaliland |
Hargeisa | Eastern Africa | Protectorate of the Imperial Federation. |
![]() Federation of South Arabia |
Aden | Western Asia | Protectorate of the Imperial Federation. |
![]() Protectorate of the Sudan |
Khartoum | Northern Africa | Protectorate of Egypt. |
![]() Federated States of East Africa |
Nairobi | Eastern Africa | Colony of the Imperial Federation in the process of adhesion to the Federation itself. |