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List of sovereign states by economic freedom; List of sovereign states by male to female income ratio; List of sovereign states by market capitalization of listed domestic companies; List of sovereign states by Official Development Assistance received; List of sovereign states by research and development spending
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta was a United Nations observer. The order had bi-lateral diplomatic relations with a large number of states, but had no territory other than extraterritorial areas within Rome and Malta. [12] The order's Constitution stated: "The Order is a subject of international law and exercises sovereign functions."
The list of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent data file is a plain text format describing the list of countries by continent, [1] suitable for automated processing. Format [ edit ]
De facto sovereign states lacking general international recognition; Cook Islands and Niue, two states in free association with New Zealand without UN membership; By Dependent Territories of other UN member states: Generally this contains non-sovereign territories that are recognized by the UN as part of some member state. Dependent territories.
The Commonwealth was first officially formed in 1926 when the Balfour Declaration of the Imperial Conference recognised the full sovereignty of Dominions. Known as the "British Commonwealth", the original and therefore earliest members were Australia, Canada, the Irish Free State, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
This armorial of sovereign states shows the coat of arms, national emblem, or seal for every sovereign state. Although some countries do not have an official national emblem, unofficial emblems which are de facto used as national emblems are also shown below.
The sovereign resides in the oldest realm, the United Kingdom. The king appoints viceroys to perform most of the constitutional and ceremonial duties on his behalf in the other realms: in each, a governor-general as his personal national representative, as well as a lieutenant governor as his representative in each of the Canadian provinces and ...
Rank Country Index 1 Norway 6.72 2 Finland 6.99 3 Sweden 7.24 4 Denmark 8.57 5 Netherlands 9.67 6 Portugal 10.11 7 Switzerland 10.55 8 Belgium 11.69 9 Ireland ...