The world they say, is a global
village but in reality it is so big a
lot of people don’t even know
some countries exist on this earth.
We bet you didn’t know that these
countries exist.


1. The Republic Of Lakotah


This country is located in the
middle of the United States and it
is actually the size of Syria. It
stretches over 1,600 kilometers
and it is the homeland of the
Lakota Sioux, an ancient tribe who
lived there long before European
colonial settlers. The rights to land
was given to the Lakota Sioux in
1868 when they signed a treaty
with the American government
known as the treaty of Laramie.


2. Transnistria


This country has its own president,
currency, parliament and army and
even won an independence war in
1992. But many still believe it is
part of Moldova. It has a
population of about 500,000.


3. Barotseland


This country is located between
Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe,
Zambia and Angola and home to a
diversified group of tribes.
According to history, it used to be
an independent nation but was
incorporated into Zambia in 1964
but they still claim independence
because they believe it was
incorporated into Zambia by false
pretense. Although there was a
treaty in 1964 that claimed
Barotseland was an independent
nation, it was treated as if it has
not been received, this led to
tensions and the Barotseland
National Council retaliated by its
independence from Zambia in
March 2012.


4. Chinland


Chinland is home to about 1.5
million people and its territories
originally included parts of
Myanmar, Bangladesh and India.
They consist of six major ethnic
groups who speak a total of 20
languages. They have their own
leaders and national day known as
the The Chin Revolution Day
celebrated every 20th March of the
year.


5. Sahrawi Arab Democratic
Republic


This country is located in the
Western Sahara in Africa and they
declared independence in 1976. It
is recognized by the UN as a state
but the rest still consider it as part
of Morrocco. Morrocco and
Mauritania, all lay claim to the
territory resulting in a bitter
conflict. In 1979, Mauritania
abandoned its claim but Morrocco
still remains stubborn.


6. Abkhazia


This country has a distinct ethnic
population, a separate military, a
government, a national bank and
its own passport but it is still
struggling to be considered as a
country although they deem
themselves so. It was its own
country in the 11th century till was
subsumed into Georgia and then
later into the USSR. When the USSR
collapsed in 1991, it demanded to
return to its medieval borders and
it won a war of independence
against Georgia in 1993.


7. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic


This country is surrounded by
Azerbaijan and after the collapse of
the USSR, the country became the
central focus of a war between
Azerbaijan and the region’s ethnic
Armenian majority. A truce was
signed in 1994 putting control of
the region, to its inhabitants
known as the Artsakh, into the
hands of the ethnic Armenians. The
country has its own government,
military and even a legal
constitution .


8. Balochistan



Balochistan is a vast land that
makes up 44% of Pakistan and it
has been clouded with turmoil for
well over half a century. Baloch
nationalists believe their an
independent country and even
celebrating 11th August 1947 as
their independence day. The British
gave the country autonomy only
for it to be overturned by Pakistan.
Since then the Pakistan
government has used military
force to overcome independence
uprisings in the 1950’s, 60’s and
70’s.


9. South Ossetia


It’s a country with a population of
50,000 people in Georgia and in
2006 a referendum was held that
demonstrated its people’s desire to
become an independent nation.
They have their own language and
are ethnically closer to the
Ossetians in Russia than their
fellow Georgians. Since then they
have been effectively independent
with their own President, Leonid
Tibilov.


10. The Sovereign Military Order Of Malta


This country has notable
recognition from other countries
around the world unlike some of
the ones mentioned above. It has
political relations with 105
countries and diplomatic relations
with another six. It even has a
permanent observer status at the
United Nations but the bizarre
thing is, this country has absolutely
no physical territory nor does it
claim any.
What actually happened is that,
Malta used to be occupied and
owned by an order of Catholic
Knights. When it was invaded by
Napoleon in 1798, this order was
forced to relocate to Italy where
Catholic nations still continued to
recognize them as a legitimate
nation and this has continued till
this day, despite the o

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These are nations with no full autonomy and sovereignty not recognized by the "parent" nation.

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What about Biafra?

It can be found in the imaginary minds.