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| x South Sudan | Juba | Representative democracy | English Language |
South Sudan (/ˌsaʊθ suːˈdæn/ or /suːˈdɑːn/), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country located in the east-central African region of northeastern Africa. It is also part of the North Africa UN subregion. Its current capital is...
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Jul 9, 2011 | |
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| x Sint Maarten |
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Philipsburg | Constitutional monarchy | Dutch Language |
Sint Maarten (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪnt ˈmaːrtə(n)]) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It encompasses the southern half of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, while the northern half of the island constitutes the French...
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Oct 10, 2010 |
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| x Caribbean Netherlands |
The Caribbean Netherlands (Dutch: Caribisch Nederland, Papiamento: Hulanda Karibe) collectively refers to the three special municipalities (officially public bodies) of the Netherlands that are located overseas, in the Caribbean: Bonaire, Sint...
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Oct 10, 2010 | ||||
| x Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
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Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a British overseas territory consisting of the islands of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and the Tristan da Cunha group. It was previously known as Saint Helena and Dependencies until 1 September 2009,...
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Sep 1, 2009 | |||
| x Northland State |
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Laascaanood | Arabic Language |
Northland State of Somalia was an autonomous state in the disputed Sool, Sanaag and Cayn regions of Somalia, proclaimed in May 2008. It was located between Somaliland and the autonomous macro-regions of Puntland and Maakhir.
This initiative was...
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2008 | |
| Somali Language | ||||||
| x Nepal |
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Kathmandu | Republic | Nepali Language |
Nepal (नेपाल) (/nɛˈpɔːl/ ne-PAWL Nepali: नेपाल [neˈpal] ( listen)), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's...
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Dec 28, 2007 |
| Federal republic | ||||||
| x Transitional Darfur Regional Authority |
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Khartoum | Arabic Language |
The Darfur Regional Authority (Arabic: السلطة الإنتقالية الإقليمية لدارفور, al-slTa al-intqalia al-iqlimia al-darfor) is an interim governing body for the Darfur region of the Republic of Sudan. It was established as the Transitional Darfur...
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Apr 23, 2007 | |
| Al-Fashir | English Language | |||||
| x Serbia |
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Belgrade | Parliamentary system | Serbian language |
Serbia /ˈsɜrbiə/, officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија / Republika Srbija, pronounced [rɛpǔblika sř̩bija]), is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the...
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Jun 5, 2006 |
| Parliamentary republic | ||||||
| x Republic of Kosovo | Priština | Parliamentary republic | Serbian language |
Kosovo (Albanian: Kosovë, Kosova; Serbo-Croatian: Косово, Kosovo, pronounced [kosoʋo]), officially the Republic of Kosovo (Albanian: Republika e Kosovës; Serbian: Република Косово, Republika Kosovo) is a partially recognised state in Southeast...
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Jun 10, 1999 | |
| Albanian language | ||||||
| x Puntland |
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Garoowe | Presidential system | Somali Language |
Puntland (Somali: Buntlaand, Arabic: أرض البنط), officially the Puntland State of Somalia (Somali: Maamul Goboleedka Buntlaand ee Soomaaliya), is a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the...
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1998 |
| Arabic Language | ||||||
| x Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan |
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Kabul | Emirate |
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was founded in 1996 when the Taliban began their rule of Afghanistan and ended with their fall from power in 2001. At the peak of their influence the Taliban never controlled the entire area of Afghanistan, as...
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1996 | |
| Islamic State | ||||||
| Theocracy | ||||||
| x Palau |
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Republic | Palauan Language |
Palau (/pəˈlaʊ/), officially the Republic of Palau (Palauan: Beluu ęr a Belau), is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, 500 miles (800 km) east of the Philippines and 2,000 miles (3,200 km) south of Tokyo. In 1978, after three decades as being...
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Oct 1, 1994 | |
| Presidential system | English Language | |||||
| Representative democracy | ||||||
| Unitary state | ||||||
| x Palestinian National Authority |
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Jerusalem | Semi-presidential system | Arabic Language |
The Palestinian Authority (PA; Arabic: السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية Al-Sulṭa Al-Waṭaniyyah Al-Filasṭīniyyah) is the administrative organization established to govern parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. However, since then it has named itself...
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1994 |
| x Czech Republic |
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Prague | Parliamentary republic | Czech Language |
The Czech Republic (/ˈtʃɛk/ CHEK; Czech: Česká republika, pronounced [ˈtʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka] ( listen), short form Česko Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛskɔ]) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the north,...
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Jan 1, 1993 |
| x Abkhazia |
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Sukhumi | Unitary state | Abkhaz Language |
Abkhazia (Abkhaz: Аҧсны́ Apsny, IPA /apʰsˈnɨ/; Georgian: აფხაზეთი Apkhazeti; Russian: Абхазия Abkhaziya) is a disputed territory on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus.
Abkhazia considers itself an...
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Jul 23, 1992 |
| Republic | ||||||
| x Republika Srpska |
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Banja Luka | Parliamentary system | Serbian language |
Republika Srpska listen (help·info) (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian: Republika Srpska, Cyrillic script: Република Српскa, [rɛpǔblika sr̩̂pskaː]) is one of the two main political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of...
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Feb 28, 1992 |
| Sarajevo | Bosnian language | |||||
| Croatian language | ||||||
| x Serbia and Montenegro |
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Belgrade | Federation | Serbian language |
Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY): Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a...
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1992 |
| Confederation | Serbo-Croatian | |||||
| x Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
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The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbian: Савезна Република Југославија / Savezna Republika Jugoslavija) or FRY was a federal state consisting of the republics of Serbia and Montenegro from the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ...
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1992 | |||
| x Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
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Stepanakert | Presidential system | Armenian Language |
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) (Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Հանրապետություն Lernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut’yun), or Artsakh Republic (Armenian: Արցախի Հանրապետություն Arts'akhi Hanrapetut’yun) is a de facto independent republic located in the...
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Dec 10, 1991 |
| x Turkmenistan |
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Aşgabat | Single-party state | Turkmen Language |
Turkmenistan (/tɜrkˈmɛnɨstæn/ or /tɜrkmɛnɨˈstɑːn/; Turkmen: Türkmenistan), formerly also known as Turkmenia (Russian: Туркмения), is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen...
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Oct 27, 1991 |
| Presidential system | ||||||
| Republic | ||||||
| x Republic of Macedonia |
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Skopje | Parliamentary republic | Macedonian Language |
Macedonia (/ˌmæsɨˈdoʊniə/ mas-i-DOH-nee-ə; Macedonian: Македонија), officially the Republic of Macedonia (Република Македонија, transliterated: Republika Makedonija [rɛˈpublika makɛˈdɔnija] ( listen)), is a country located in the central Balkan...
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Sep 8, 1991 |
| x Kyrgyzstan |
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Bishkek | Republic | Russian Language |
Kyrgyzstan is divided into seven provinces (singular: област - oblast, plural: областтар - oblasttar). The capital, Bishkek, is administratively an independent city (shaar), as well as being the capital of Chuy Province. Osh also has shaar status....
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Aug 31, 1991 |
| Presidential system | Kyrgyz language | |||||
| Parliamentary republic | ||||||
| x Azerbaijan |
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Baku | Presidential system | Azerbaijani language |
Azerbaijan (/ˌæzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn/ AZ-ər-by-JAHN; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası) is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia...
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Aug 30, 1991 |
| Republic | ||||||
| x Moldova |
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Chişinău | Parliamentary republic | Moldovan language |
Moldova /mɒlˈdoʊvə/, officially the Republic of Moldova (Moldovan/Romanian: Republica Moldova pronounced [reˈpublika molˈdova]) is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. It...
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Aug 27, 1991 |
| x Ukraine |
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Kiev | Republic | Ukrainian Language |
Ukraine (English pronunciation/juːˈkreɪn/; Ukrainian: Україна, Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/) is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the...
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Aug 24, 1991 |
| Parliamentary system | ||||||
| Semi-presidential system | ||||||
| Unitary state | ||||||
| x Slovenia |
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Ljubljana | Parliamentary republic | Slovenian language |
Slovenia (Slovene: Slovenija, /sloʊˈviːniə/ sloh-VEE-nee-ə), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija, [reˈpublika sloˈveːnija]) is a Slavic nation state, situated in South-Central Europe, at the crossroad of main European cultural...
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Jun 25, 1991 |
| x Eritrea | Asmara | Single-party state | Arabic Language |
Eritrea ( /ˌɛrɨˈtreɪ.ə/ or /ˌɛrɨˈtriːə/; Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritrīyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea is the Italian form of the Greek name Ἐρυθραίᾱ (Erythraíā), meaning "red [land]". The...
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May 24, 1991 | |
| Provisional government | Tigrigna Language | |||||
| English Language | ||||||
| x Somaliland |
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Hargeisa | Constitutional republic | Somali Language |
Somaliland (Somali: Soomaaliland, Arabic: صوماللاند Ṣūmālilānd or أرض الصومال Arḍ aṣ-Ṣūmāl) is an unrecognised self-declared de facto sovereign state that is internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia. The government of...
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May 18, 1991 |
| Presidential Republic | Arabic Language | |||||
| English Language | ||||||
| x Transnistria |
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Transnistria (also called "Trans-Dniestr" or "Transdniestria") is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine. Since its declaration of independence in 1990, and...
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Sep 2, 1990 | |||
| x Belarus |
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Minsk | Presidential system | Belarusian language |
Belarus (/bɛləˈruːs/ bel-ə-ROOSS; Belarusian: Беларусь, Russian pronunciation: [bʲɛlaˈrusʲ] Russian: Беларусь, Белоруссия, Belarus', Belorussiya), officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by...
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Jul 27, 1990 |
| Republic | Russian Language | |||||
| x Yemen |
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Sana'a | Republic | Arabic Language |
The Republic of Yemen (Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhūrīyah al-Yamanīyah), commonly known as Yemen /ˈjɛmən/ (Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman), is a country located in Western Asia, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula....
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May 22, 1990 |
| Presidential system | ||||||
| Constitutional republic | ||||||
| Unitary state | ||||||
| x Namibia |
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Windhoek | Republic | English Language |
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia (Afrikaans: Republiek van Namibië, German: Republik Namibia (help·info)), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the...
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Mar 21, 1990 |
| Presidential system | ||||||
| x People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia |
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Addis Ababa | People's Republic |
The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) was the official name of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991, as established by the Communist government of Mengistu Haile Mariam and the Workers' Party of Ethiopia (WPE). Its creation led to the...
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1987 | |
| Single-party state | ||||||
| Socialist state | ||||||
| Socialist Republic | ||||||
| Communist state | ||||||
| more ▼ | ||||||
| x Federated States of Micronesia |
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Palikir | Republic | English Language |
The Federated States of Micronesia (/ˌmaɪkroʊˈniːʒə/) (FSM) is an independent, sovereign island nation, made up of four states from west to east: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae. It comprises approximately 607 islands with c. 700 km (270 sq mi) of...
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Nov 3, 1986 |
| Presidential system | ||||||
| Representative democracy | ||||||
| Federation | ||||||
| x Marshall Islands |
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Majuro | Republic | Marshallese Language |
The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) (/ˈmɑrʃəl ˈaɪləndz/; Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin M̧ajeļ, /ɦˠaɦˠʷɜlʲɜpʲanʲ ɦˠaɦˠʷɘrˠɘkɨnʲ mˠaɦˠtʲɜlˠ/ or [ʕɑ͡ɒɔ̯ɔ͡ɛlɛbæn ʕɑ͡ɒo̯o͡ɤr̴ɤɡɯ͡in m̴ɑʕʑɛ͡ʌɫ]), is a Micronesian...
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Oct 21, 1986 |
| Presidential system | English Language | |||||
| Representative democracy | ||||||
| Unitary state | ||||||
| x Aruba |
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Oranjestad | Constitutional monarchy | Dutch Language |
Aruba ( /əˈruːbə/ ə-ROO-bə, Dutch pronunciation: [aˈruba]) is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km (approx.) east of Guajira Peninsula (Colombia). Together...
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Jan 1, 1986 |
| Papiamento language | ||||||
| x Brunei |
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Bandar Seri Begawan | Monarchy | Malay Language |
Brunei /bruːˈnaɪ/, officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (Malay: Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: نڬارا بروني دارالسلام), is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia. Apart from its...
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Jan 1, 1984 |
| Absolute monarchy | ||||||
| Constitutional monarchy | ||||||
| Parliamentary system | ||||||
| Islamic State | ||||||
| more ▼ | ||||||
| x Northern Cyprus |
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North Nicosia | Republic | Turkish Language |
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) (Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti), commonly called Northern Cyprus, is a self-declared state that comprises the northeastern part of the island of Cyprus. Recognised only by Turkey, Northern...
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Nov 15, 1983 |
| x Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Basseterre | Parliamentary system | English Language |
The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (/seɪnt ˌkɪts ænd ˈniːvɪs/; also known as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis), located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island state in the West Indies. It is the smallest sovereign state in...
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Sep 19, 1983 |
| Constitutional monarchy | ||||||
| Federal monarchy | ||||||
| x Falkland Islands |
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Stanley | Constitutional monarchy | English Language |
The Falkland Islands (English pronunciation: /ˈfɒlklənd/ or English pronunciation: /ˈfɔːlklənd/; Spanish: Islas Malvinas) are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located more than 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) east of the coast of...
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Jun 14, 1982 |
| Parliamentary system | ||||||
| Representative democracy | ||||||
| x Antigua and Barbuda |
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St. John's | Parliamentary system | English Language |
Antigua and Barbuda (/ænˈtiːɡə ænd bɑrˈbjuːdə/; Spanish for "ancient" and "bearded") is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of...
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Nov 1, 1981 |
| x Belize |
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Belmopan | Parliamentary system | English Language |
Belize /bəˈliːz/ (formerly British Honduras) is a country located on the north eastern coast of Central America and it is the only country in the area where English is the official language, although Kriol and Spanish are more commonly spoken....
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Sep 21, 1981 |
| Constitutional monarchy | ||||||
| x KwaZulu |
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Ulundi | Bantustan | Zulu Language |
KwaZulu was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government as a semi-independent homeland for the Zulu people. The capital, formerly at Nongoma, was moved in 1980 to Ulundi.
It was led by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi of the Zulu...
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1981 |
| Nongoma | ||||||
| x KwaNdebele |
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KwaMhlanga | Bantustan | Southern Ndebele language |
KwaNdebele was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government as a semi-independent homeland for the Ndebele people. The homeland was created when the South African government purchased nineteen white-owned farms and installed a...
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1981 |
| x KaNgwane |
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Bantustan | Swati Language |
KaNgwane was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a semi-independent homeland for the Swazi people. Formerly called the "Swazi Territory", the homeland was granted nominal self-rule in 1981. Schoemansdal was...
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1981 | |
| x Vanuatu |
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Port Vila | Republic | English Language |
Vanuatu (Bislama IPA: [vanuaˈtu]; English /ˌvɑːnuːˈɑːtuː/ ( listen) vah-noo-AH-too or /vænˈwɑːtuː/ van-WAH-too), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (French: République de Vanuatu, Bislama: Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island nation located in the...
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Jul 30, 1980 |
| Parliamentary republic | Bislama Language | |||||
| Unitary state | French Language | |||||
| x Zimbabwe |
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Harare | Parliamentary system | English Language |
Zimbabwe (/zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/ zim-BAHB-way; officially the Republic of Zimbabwe) is a landlocked country of southern Africa. It shares a 125-mile (200-kilometre) border on the south with the Republic of South Africa and is bounded on the southwest and...
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Apr 18, 1980 |
| Republic | Shona Language | |||||
| Presidential system | Northern Ndebele language | |||||
| Semi-presidential system | ||||||
| Parliamentary republic | ||||||
| x Anguilla |
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The Valley | Constitutional monarchy | English Language |
Anguilla ( /æŋˈɡwɪlə/ ang-GWIL-ə) is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin....
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1980 |
| Dependent territory | ||||||
| Parliamentary system | ||||||
| x Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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Kingstown | Constitutional monarchy | English Language |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (/seɪnt ˈvɪnsənt ænd ðə ɡrɛnəˈdiːnz/) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean...
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Oct 27, 1979 |
| Parliamentary system | ||||||
| x Kiribati |
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South Tarawa | Parliamentary republic | Kiribati language |
Kiribati ([kɪribas] KIRR-i-bas or ˌkɪrəˈbɑdi; Gilbertese: [ˈkiɾibas]), officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The permanent population is just over 100,000 (2011), and the island...
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Jul 12, 1979 |
| English Language | ||||||
| x Saint Lucia |
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Castries | Constitutional monarchy | English Language |
Saint Lucia /seɪnt ˈluːʃə/ (French: Sainte-Lucie) is a sovereign island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent,...
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Feb 22, 1979 |
| Parliamentary system | ||||||
| x Greenland |
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Nuuk | Constitutional monarchy | Greenlandic language |
Greenland (Kalaallisut: Kalaallit Nunaat, "Land of the Kalaallit"; Danish: Grønland) is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though...
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1979 |
| Parliamentary system | ||||||
| x Norfolk Island |
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Kingston | Norfuk language |
Norfolk Island (/ˈnɔrfək ˈaɪlənd/; Norfuk: Norfuk Ailen) is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, but it enjoys a large degree of self...
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1979 | |
| English Language | ||||||
| x People's Republic of Kampuchea |
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Phnom Penh | People's Republic | Khmer language |
The People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) (Khmer: សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិតកម្ពុជា, Sathearanakrath Pracheameanit Kampuchea), was founded in Cambodia by the Salvation Front, a group of Cambodian leftists dissatisfied with the Khmer Rouge, after the...
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1979 |
| Single-party state | ||||||
| x Dominica |
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Roseau | Parliamentary republic | English Language |
Dominica ( /ˌdɒmɪˈniːkə/ DOM-i-NEE-kə; French: Dominique; Kali‘na (Carib): Wai‘tu kubuli), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest...
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Nov 3, 1978 |
| x Tuvalu |
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Funafuti | Constitutional monarchy | Tuvaluan Language |
Tuvalu (/tuːˈvɑːluː/ ( listen) too-VAH-loo or /ˈtuːvəluː/ TOO-və-loo), formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. It comprises four reef islands and five...
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Oct 1, 1978 |
| Parliamentary system | English Language | |||||
| Representative democracy | ||||||
| x Solomon Islands |
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Honiara | Constitutional monarchy | English Language |
Solomon Islands (/ˈsɒləmən ˈaɪləndz/ ( listen)) is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of 28,400 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). The capital, Honiara, is located...
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Jul 7, 1978 |
| Parliamentary system | ||||||
| x Democratic Republic of Afghanistan |
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Kabul | Single-party state | Pashto language |
The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) (Persian:جمهوری دمکراتی افغانستان, Jumhūrī-ye Dimukrātī-ye Afġānistān), (Pashto:دافغانستان دمکراتی جمهوریت, Dǝ Afġānistān Dimukratī Jumhūriyat), in 1987 renamed the Republic of Afghanistan (Persian...
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1978 |
| Socialist Republic | ||||||
| Communist state | ||||||
| Republic | ||||||
| Dictatorship | ||||||
| x Djibouti |
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Djibouti | Republic | Arabic Language |
Djibouti (Arabic: جيبوتي Jībūtī, French: Djibouti, Somali: Jabuuti, Afar: Gabuuti), officially the Republic of Djibouti (Arabic: جمهورية جيبوتي Jumhūriyyat Jībūtī, French: République de Djibouti, Afar: Gabuutih Ummuuno, Somali: Jamhuuriyadda...
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Jun 27, 1977 |
| Semi-presidential system | French Language | |||||
| x Bophuthatswana |
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Mmabatho | Republic | Tswana Language |
Bophuthatswana (meaning gathering of the Tswana people), officially the Republic of Bophuthatswana (Tswana: Repaboleki ya Bophuthatswana; Afrikaans: Republiek van Bophuthatswana) was a Bantustan—an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity...
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1977 |
| Parliamentary system | English Language | |||||
| Bantustan | Afrikaans Language | |||||
