List of Nations (Finlandia)

This is a list of of all sovereign states in the world, organised alphabetically by continent.

Compiling a list of sovereign states can be difficult, especially when unrecognised states with de facto sovereignty are considered. To be as inclusive as possible, this list includes all states that are judged to meet all criteria of the Montevideo Convention, the system used to determine sovereignty by the Organisation of American States. There is, however, one exception to this rule: all of the various Realms and Dominions of the United Kingdom are classed as separate states, as the UK Constitution defines the Imperial Federation as "a union of Sovereign States".

In the case of pluricontinental states, such as France or Portugal, the state is listed only under the continent where the capital is located, which would place both of the preceding examples in the European category.