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.
The following countries do exist in the
world
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 but unfortunately other
countries do not recognize it’s
legitimacy.
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 order now only having
control over two buildings in Rome.
