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Independent & Semi-Independent Polities


AFGHANISTAN
UNO Member
Kingdom of AFGHANISTAN  (Kabul)Dǝ AFĠĀNISTĀN Wākmanān : د افغانستان واکمنان (ps) + Pādešāhī-ye AFĠĀNISTĀN :‏پادشاهي افغانستان (prs)  (Kabul) King Mohammad Zahir Shah
ARMENIA
De facto Semi-Independent
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic : ASSR  (Erevan)Haykakan Sovetakan Soc´ialistakan Hanrapetut´yun : Հայկական Սովետական Սոցիալիստական Հանրապետություն : ՀՍՍՀ (hy) + Armianskaya Socialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika : ASSR – Армянская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика : АССР (ru)  (Erivan) Anton Kochinyan
AZERBAIDZHAN
De facto Semi-Independent
Azerbaidzhani Soviet Socialist Republic : AZSSR  (Baku)Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist Respublikası : AzSSR (az) + Azerbaydzhanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika : AzSSR : Азербайджанская Советская Социалистическая Республика : AзССР (ru)  (Baky) Geydar Aliyev
BAHRAIN
UNO Member
State of BAHRAIN  (Manamah)Dawlat AL-BAHRAYN (ar) : دولة البحرين (ar) + State of BAHRAIN (en)w  (Al-Manamah) Emir Sheikh Isa II bin Salman Al Khalifah
BHUTAN
UNO Member
Kingdom of BHUTAN  (Thimphu a + Paro s)Druk Gyal-Khab : DRUK-YUL : འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ : འབྲུག་ཡུལ་ (dz) + Kingdom of BHUTAN (en)  (Thimphu + Paro) King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk
BRUNEI
De facto Semi-Independent
Self-Government of the State of BRUNEI  (Brunei Town)State of BRUNEI (en) + Negeri BRUNEI : نڬارا بروني (kxd)  (Bandar Seri Begawan) Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
CHINA
UNO Member
People´s Republic of China : PRC  (Peking)CHUNG-HUA Jen-Min Kung-He-Kuo : 中华人民共和国 (zh)  (Pei-Ching) Mao Tse-Tung the Great Helmsman
CYPRUS
UNO Member
Republic of CYPRUS  (Nicosia)KYPRIAKÍ Dimokratía : ΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ Δημοκρατία (el) + KIBRIS Cumhuriyeti (tr)  (Lefkosia) President Archbishop Makarios III
GEORGIA
De facto Semi-Independent
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic : GSSR  (Tbilisi)Sakartvelos Socialist´uri Sabch´ota Resp´ublik´a : SSSR – : საქართველოს სოციალისტური საბჭოთა რესპუბლიკა : სსსრ (ka) + Gruzinskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika : GSSR – Грузинская Советская Социалистическая Республика : ГССР (ru)  (Tbilisi) Vasily Mzhavanadze
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
De facto Independent
Federation of the United Arab Emirates : UAE  (Abu Dhabi ar + Al Karama f)Dawlat AL-IMĀRĀT AL-‘ARABĪYAH AL-MUTTAḥIDAH : دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة (ar)  (Abu Dhabi + Al-Karama) President Sheikh Zayed II bin Sultan Al Nahyan
YASIN
De facto Semi-Independent
YASIN State [under Pakistani Suzerainty]  (Yasin)YASIN State (en) + Raja YASIN : یاسین (bsk) + YASEN Riyasat : یاسین ریاست (ur)  (Yasin) Raja Karim Khan II

11 Polities (5 members of the International Community)


Rebel Entities & Governments in Exile


ARAKAN-AIO
Rebellion
Arakan Independence Organization : AIO  (Kachin)Arakan Independence Organization : AIO (en)  (Kachin) Tun Shwe Maung
BENGLADESH
RebellionExile
Government-in-Exile of the People´s Republic of BENGLADESH [Mujibnagar Provisional Government – Indian Military Assistance]  (Mujibnagar t + Calcutta x)Provisional Government of the People´s Republic of BANGLADESH (en) + BANGLADESHERA Asthāẏī Sarakāra Mujibanagara Sarakāra : অস্থায়ী বাংলাদেশ সরকার মুজিবনগর সরকার (bn)  (Mujibnagar + Calcutta) Syed Nazrul Islam
BURMA-IN-EXILE
RebellionExile
Parliamentary Democracy Party of Burma : PDP [in the National United Front]  (Bangkok)Parlemaandemokarayhce Parte – PDP : ပါလီမန်ဒီမိုကရေစီပါတီ (my) + Parliamentary Democracy Party : PDP (en)  (Krung Thep) PM U Nu
CHINLAND
Rebellion
Chin Democracy Party : CDP  (Falam Area)Chin Democracy Party : CDP (en) + HKYIN Npyinaal Demokarayhceparte : ချင်းပြည်နယ်ဒီမိုကရေစီပါတီ (my)  (Hpalam) John Mang Tling
FREE ARAKAN
Rebellion
Arakan Liberation Party : ALP  (Karen Camps)Arakan Liberation Party : ALP (en) + Rahkaing Lwatmyawwatrayy Parte : ALP – ရခိုင်ပြည် လွတ်မြောက်ရေး ပါတီ (rki) + Rakhinepyi Lwatmyawwatrayy Parte : ALP – ရခိုင်ပြည် လွတ်မြောက်ရေး ပါတီ (my)  (Karen Camps) Htwaan Shwe Maung
KAJARS
Exile
KAJAR Dynasty-in-Exile  (London)Doodmān e QĀJĀR : دودمان قاجار (fa)  (London) Prince Soltan Hamid Mirza Kajar

6 Rebel Entities


Protectorates & Mandates


BHUTAN
UNO Member
Kingdom of BHUTAN  (Thimphu a + Paro s)Druk Gyal-Khab : DRUK-YUL : འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ : འབྲུག་ཡུལ་ (dz) + Kingdom of BHUTAN (en)  (Thimphu + Paro)
BRUNEI
De facto Semi-Independent
Self-Government of the State of BRUNEI  (Brunei Town)State of BRUNEI (en) + Negeri BRUNEI : نڬارا بروني (kxd)  (Bandar Seri Begawan)
YASIN
De facto Semi-Independent
YASIN State [under Pakistani Suzerainty]  (Yasin)YASIN State (en) + Raja YASIN : یاسین (bsk) + YASEN Riyasat : یاسین ریاست (ur)  (Yasin)

3 Protected Entities


Federated & Regionalised Polities


AKROTIRI-EPISKOPI
Western Sovereign Base Area : AKROTIRI  (Episkopi Cantonment)Western Sovereign Base Area : WSBA (en)  (Episkopi Cantonment)
ANHWEI
AN-HWEI Province  (Hofei)AN-HUEI Sheng : 安徽省 (zh)  (Ho-Fei)
BUKHARA
BUKHARA Oblast  (Bukhara)BUKHARSKAYA oblast´ : БУХАРСКАЯ область (ru) + BUKHORO oblast : БУХОРО область (uz)  (Bukhara)
CHEKIANG
CHEKIANG Province  (Hangchow)CHE-CHIANG Sheng : 浙江省 (zh)  (Hang-Chou)
DHEKELIA
Eastern Sovereign Base Area : DHEKELIA  (Dhekelia Cantonment)Eastern Sovereign Base Area : ESBA (en)  (Dhekelia Cantonment)
FERGHANA
FERGHANA Oblast  (Ferghana)FERGANSKAYA oblast´ : ФЕРГАНСКАЯ область (ru) + FARG´ONA oblast : ФАРҒОНА область (uz)  (Fergana)
FUCHIEN
FUKIEN Province  (Foochow)FU-CHIEN Sheng : 福建省 (zh)  (Fu-Chou)
NAJRAN
Emirate of NAJRAN Province  (Najran)Imarat Mintaqah NAJRAN : امارة منطقة نجران (ar)  (Najran)
SARAWAK
Federated
State of SARAWAK  (Kuching)Negeri SARAWAK (ms)  (Kuching)

9 Federated or Regionalized Polities


Territories & Dependencies


ABKHAZIA
ABKHAZIAN Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic  (Sukhumi)APSNITEI Avtonomtә Sovettә Sotsialisttә Respublika : АҦСНЫТӘИ Автономтә Советтә Социалисттә Республика (ab) + APKHAZETIS Avtonomiuri Sabch´ota Socialist´uri Resp´ublik´a : აფხაზეთის ავტონომიური საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა (ka) + ABKHAZKAYA Avtonomnaya Socialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika : АБХАЗСКАЯ Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика (ru)  (Sukhumi)
ADZHARIA
ADZHARIAN Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic  (Batumi)ADZHARSKAYA Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika : АДЖАРСКАЯ Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика (ru) + ACH´ARIS Avtʼonomiuri Sabchʼota Sotsialistʼuri Respʼublikʼa : აჭარის ავტონომიური საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა (ka)  (Batumi)
AJMAN-OMAN
AJMANO-OMANI Joint Administered Territory  (Aman-Oman)AMAN-UMAN : عجمان عمان (ar)  (Aman-Uman)
CHIN HILLS
CHIN HILLS Special Division  (Falam)HKYINNTAUNG Aahtuu Htarnahkwal : ချင်းတောင်အထူးဌာနခွဲ (my)  (Hpalam)
DIBBA
Dependency of DIBBA  (Dibba Al-Hisn)Medinah DIBBA AL-HISN : دبا الحصن مدينة (ar) + City of DIBBA AL-HISN (en)  (Dibba Al-Hisn)
DIBBA AL-FUJAIRAH
Enclave of the Settlement of DIBBA AL-FUJAIRAH  (Dibba Al-Fujairah)DIBBA AL-FUJAYRAH : دبا الفجيرة (ar)  (Dibba Al-Fujayrah)
DIEGO GARCIA
DIEGO GARCIA Permanent Joint Operating Base  (Camp Justice on Diego Garcia [a])Diego Garcia Permanent Joint Operating Base : PJOB (en)  (Camp Justice on Diego Garcia)
DUBAI-OMAN
Enclaves of DUBAI-OMAN  (Dubai-Oman)DUBAYY-UMAN : دبي عمان (ar)  (Dubayy-Uman)
EAST RAFAQ
Enclave of EAST RAFAQ Zone  ((Rafaq))Mintaqah RIFAQ : مينتاقة رفاق (ar)  ((Rafaq))
HAMRIYA
Dependency of HAMRIYA  (Hamriyah Port)Al-Tebaah AL-HAMRIYAH : الحمرية التبعية (ar)  (Mina Hamriyya)
HATTA
Dependency of HATTA Sheikhdom  (Hatta)Mashaykat HATTA : المشيخة حتا (ar)  (Hatta)
HIRA
Dependency of HIRA  (Hira)Tabeiat AL-HIRA : تبعية الحيرة (ar)  (Hira)
KALBA
Dependency of KALBA  (Khor Kalba)Tabeiat KALBA : تبعية كلباء (ar)  (Khwor Kalba)
KHOR FAKKAN
Dependency of KHOR FAKKAN  (Khor Fakkan)Tabeiat KHAWR FAKKAN : تبعية خورفكان (ar)  (Khowr Fakkan)
MANAMA
Sheikhdom of MANAMA Dependency of Ajman State  (Manama)Mashaykat AL-MANAMA : المشيخة المنامة (ar)  (Al-Manama)
MASFUT
MASFUT Dependency of Ajman State  (Masfut)Ietimad MASAFWAT : اعتماد مصفوت (ar)  (Masafwat)
NAHWA
Enclaves of Sharjah Fujeira-Oman : NAHWA Enclave of Sharjah inside Omani Madha Enclave  (Nahwa)Jib NAHWA : جيب النحوة (ar)  (Nahwa)
SHARJAH-FUJEIRA
Zones of SHARJAH-FUJEIRA  (Sharjah-Fujairah)ASH-SHARIQAH-AL-FUJAYRAH : الشارقة الفجيرة (ar)  (Ash-Shariqah-Al-Fujayrah)
WEST HAJJAR MOUNTAINS
Enclave of WEST HAJJAR MOUNTAINS Region  (Masafi)WEST HAJJAR MOUNTAINS Region (en) + Mintaqah JEBEL HAJJAR : منطقة جبل الحجار (ar)  (Masafi)

19 Territories & Dependencies



International Organisations or Groupings (selective list)


MAHAYANA BUDDHISM
Organisation
Teaching of the Great Vehicle Buddhism : MAHAYANA Buddhism  (Nara + Kyoto)MAHĀYĀNA : महायान (sa)  (Nara + Kyoto) King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC UNITED FRONT
Organisation
National Democratic United Front : NDUF  (Zin-Zan)National Democratic United Front : NDUF (en) + Aamyoesarr Demokaraattait Tautpaungghcu – NDUF : အမျိုးသားဒီမိုကရက်တစ်တပ်ပေါင်းစု (my)  (Zinzan) Mahn Ba Zan (we)
UNITED BURMA
Organisation
National United Front : NUF  (Bangkok)National United Front : NUF (en) + Aamyoesarr Nyenywatrayy Tautpaungghcu : ANT – အမျိုးသား ညီညွတ်ရေး တပ်ပေါင်းစု (my)  (Krung Thep) Mahn Ba Zan (we)

3 Organisations & Groupings (selective list)

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   * Flags Of The World - FOTW, Rob Raeside (CA). For the current and historic flags of the world.
   * GeoNames, Geonames (CH). Geographical names database.
   * Heraldry of the World, by Ralf Hartemink (NL). For local emblems and arms.
   * L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde, by Jacques Leclerc, University of Laval (CA). For national linguistic policies.
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   * Rulers.org, by Benjamin Schemmel (DE). For photos of rulers.
   * Statoids, by Gwillim Law (US). For historical administrative subdivisions.
   * Vexilla Mundi, by Mello Luchtenberg (NL). For flags of the world.
   * Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Foundation (US). Free-use pictures.
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