What countries are NOT formally recognised by the United Nations as being legitimate countries?

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Answer 1

There are lots; many more than could be listed here in any sort of reasonable manner. The vast majority of them you'd have never heard of unless you were a micronations trivia buff.

Some of them, like Sealand, the Kingdom of Lovely, or Minerva are quasi-well known - mostly though they exist only in the minds of their King/President/Grand-High-Muckity-Muck.

Note too, that these countries are generally recognized by nobody - not the UN, not the US, not the EU, Canada, China, or any other place. Some of them have established 'treaties' with other micronations and recognise each other - often to the exclusion of recognizing UN-recognised countries.

Those are the only 'countries' that are not recognized as such by the UN and others. There is also a classification of 'proto-states' which have much more legitimacy than the micronations, but due to forces historical, military, or political, arn't currently recognised as anything more than Countries-in-Training, or nations within a state. Some of these (though it's not an exclusive list, and there is wide disagreement on what to include and what not to include) are: Taiwan, Palestine, Tibet, Kurdistan, Gibraltar, and others.

Very occasionally (as with East Timor) these proto-states will eventually break free of whatever is holding them back and achieve recognition.

Answer 2

you then have to define what is a country. The UN does not define what is or what isn't a country, but it defines elegibiltiy to be a State Party to the United Nations

Obviously Taiwan is up there, as it has its own functioning administration, laws and a handful of countries which recognise it, but China with veto powers does not allow it to be a member.

Palestine has observer status at the UN, and has some quasi recognition, as well as some de facto and de jure rule over its own territories.

I don't think there are any other entities which are recognised as countries by at least one other legitimate country, but which would not be elegible to be a State Party to the United Nations.

Answer 3

No no, Modbod its the USA, we used it as a prison yard when, we found out it was cheaper than shipping them to down-under.

Answer 4

The UK, its considered the 51st State Of the USA

Answer 5

Sealand is one.