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  2. List of sovereign states - Wikipedia

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    The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...

  3. Sovereign state - Wikipedia

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    A sovereign state is usually required to have a permanent population, defined territory, a government not under another, and the capacity to interact with other sovereign states. [6] In actual practice, recognition or non-recognition by other states plays an important role in determining the status of a country.

  4. Sovereignty - Wikipedia

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    It is a myth, however, that the Treaties of Westphalia created a new European order of equal sovereign states. [52] [53] In international law, sovereignty means that a government possesses full control over affairs within a territorial or geographical area or limit. Determining whether a specific entity is sovereign is not an exact science, but ...

  5. List of countries and dependencies and their capitals in ...

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    In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states. The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN) Vatican City (administered by the Holy See, a UN observer state), which is generally recognized as a sovereign state; In bold italics: states with limited recognition and associated states not members of the United Nations

  6. Westphalian system - Wikipedia

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    The Westphalian system, also known as Westphalian sovereignty, is a principle in international law that each state has exclusive sovereignty over its territory.The principle developed in Europe after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, based on the state theory of Jean Bodin and the natural law teachings of Hugo Grotius.

  7. List of alternative country names - Wikipedia

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    Most sovereign states have alternative names. Some countries have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. Some have special names particular to poetic diction or other contexts. This article attempts to give all known alternative names and initialisms for all nations, countries, and sovereign states, in English and any ...

  8. List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia

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    This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists (i) 49 generally recognized sovereign states, all of which are members of the United ...

  9. Lists of country names in various languages - Wikipedia

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    List of sovereign states; List of Latin place names in Europe; Names of European cities in different languages; List of European regions with alternative names; List of European rivers with alternative names; Names of Asian cities in different languages; Geographical renaming; Endonym (internal name) and Exonym (external name) of a geographical ...