The following is a list of independent states. As of 2017, there are 145 nation-states recognised by the international community.
Africa [ ]
This list does not include colonial territories that remain part of other countries, i.e., French dominion over Senegal and Djibouti, UFIT rule over the Rif (although it does include the Spanish exile nation in Ifni), Italy in Libya and Tunis, and Portugal in Cape Verde and Madeira. The "native nations" recognised by the African Council (which divides the two platformist Free States of the Sahara) are:
Nation
Capital
Official Language(s)
Form of Government
GDP per capita (PPP, OTL 1990 dollars)
Human Development Index
Population
Republic of Angola
Luanda
Portuguese
Presidential Republic
12,590
0.645
23 million
Ashanti Empire
Kumasi
Ashanti (Akan)
Parliamentary monarchy
15,700
0.670
11 million
Azawagh
Naâma
Berber
Marxian state
12,500
0.631
Ten million
Technate of the Lower Congo
Léopoldville
French
Technate, corporate oligarchy
1700
0.351
Two million
Benin-Oyo State
Edo, Lagos
Yoruba, Edo
Dual Boulangist State
9000
0.582
32.7 million
Kingdom of Dahomey
Abomey
Fon, Gbe
Parliamentary monarchy
17,000
0.652
Seven million
Realm of Darfur
Al-Fashir
Arab, Fur
Single-party Islamic republic
9500
0.585
5.7 million
East African Federation
Zanzibar
English, "General Bantu"
Parliamentary federal monarchy
19,000
0.792
202 million
Federal Republic of Egypt
Cairo
Arabic
Semi-Presidential Republic
43,750
0.890
103 million
Eritrean State
Massawa
Tigray, Arabic, Somali
Boulangist directorate
7310
0.522
17.5 million
Ethiopian Empire
Addis Ababa
Ge'ez
Parliamentary monarchy
10,005
0.577
42.5 million
Fezzan Free State
Sabha
Arabic, berber
Confederalist state
10,200
0.610
442,000
Gabonese Republic
Libreville
French
Parliamentary republic
20,700
0.684
1.475 million
The Gambia
Banjul
Mandinke, English
Presidential republic
6500
0.512
2.4 million
Republic of the Gold Coast
Accra
English, regional
Marxian State
11,000
0.622
13 million
Kingdom of Spain
Tenerife, Las Fuentes
Spanish
Parliamentary monarchy
30,000
0.850
3.772 million
Côte d'Ivoire
Abidjan
French
Presidential Republic
7000
0.57
23.919 million
Republic of Kamerun
Yaoundé
German, Fang
Parliamentary republic
13,000
0.673
16.5 million
Kanem-Bornu Empire
Yerwa
Kanuri, Hausa
Semi-constitutional monarchy
13,000
0.642
11 million
Khordofan State
Al-Ubayyid
Arabic
Protectorate
9100
0.575
4.155 million
Republic of Kongo
Mbandaka/Wilhelmstadt
German, Lingala
Presidential republic
16,500
0.683
8.42 million
Republic of Liberia
Monrovia
English
Presidential republic, segregationist state
50,000
0.864
23 million
Loango Federation
Cabinda
Kikongo
Federal republic
20,000
0.800
668,000
Republic of Luba-Lunda
Lubumbashi
French
Parliamentary Republic
19,000
0.670
18 million
Kingdom of Madagascar
Tananarive
Malagasy
Parliamentary monarchy
10,000
0.590
23 million
Republic of Makuria
Khaortum
Arabic
Protectorate
9400
0.585
22 million
Mali Republic
Bamako
Mandinke
Parliamentary republic
15,100
0.664
13.01 million
Republic of Matebia
Lusaka/Porto Real
Portuguese
Presidential republic
14,000
0.635
Eight million
Mauritanian Islamic Republic
Nouakchott
Arabic
Presidential republic, segregationist state
8000
0.567
Four million
Kingdom of Morocco
Casablanca
Arabic, Berber, French
Parliamentary monarchy
15,000
0.612
34 million
Moçambique
Maputo
Portuguese
Marxian state
9500
0.616
34.2 million
Republic of Nobatia
Juba
English
Presidential republic
13,500
0.656
12.34 million
Ouadai
Abeche
Sango, Maban
Transitional state
4500
0.439
15.2 million
Republic of Pintonia
Ribeira
Portuguese
Presidential republic
15,500
0.665
5.2 million
Republic of Sierra Leone
Freetown
English
Provisional republic
6500
0.556
6.19 million
Sokoto Caliphate
Sokoto Caliphate
Hausa, Fula
Theocratic parliamentary monarchy
12,500
0.615
60 million
United Xeer of Somaliland
Mogadishu
Somali
Confederal kritarchy
10,500
0.587
7.4 million
Songhai Republic
Timbuktu
Songhai
Presidential republic
14,500
0.705
18.7 million
South African Union
Cape Town
English, local
Federal parliamentary monarchy
27,000
0.832
63.45 million
Tibesti Free State
Bardaï
Arabic, Tobou
Confederalist state
10,200
0.610
382,000
Asia [ ]
State
Capital
Official Language(s)
Form of Government
GDP per capita (PPP, OTL 1990 dollars)
Human Development Index
Population
Alawite State
Antakaya
Arabic
Semi-presidential republic
31,000
0.879
2.6 million
Aceh Darussalam
Aceh
Acehnese
Theocratic absolute monarchy
10,400
0.643
5.1 million
Aden Federation
Aden
Arabic, South Arabic languages
Federal parliamentary monarchy
18,900
0.773
15.2 million
Emirate of Afghanistan
Kabul
Pashto
Semi-constitutional monarchy
12,000
0.676
27.6 million
Sublime State of Aryanam
Rhaga (Tehran)
Farsi; local Persian languages recognised
Federal parliamentary monarchy
42,500
0.881
115.4 million
Assyrian People's Republic
Ninwe
Syriac
Syndical council republic
40,900
0.891
59 million
Republic of Borneo
Samarinda
Malay (interethnic)
Federal semi-presidential republic
14,250
0.681
14.5 million
Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Town
Malay
Absolute monarchy
37,000
0.866
1.11 million
Kingdom of Cambodia
Oudong
Khmer
Parliamentary monarchy
12,500
0.750
14.2 million
United States of China
Nanjing (legislative), Beijing (executive)
Classical Chinese (at federal level)
Presidential federal republic
55,700
0.849
891.75 million
Dominion of China
Hong Kong
Cantonese, Hlai
Parliamentary monarchy
32,500
0.899
13.2 million
Gvangjish State
Nanning
Zhuang
Parliamentary republic
11,110
0.658
43 million
Indic Federation
Bombay
English (at federal level)
Federal parliamentary monarchy
29,400
0.810
1.17025 billion
Islamic State
Mecca
Arabic
Theocratic semi-constitutional monarchy
48,500
0.835
78 million
Jabal Druze State
Souaida
Arabic
Semi-theocratic parliamentary republic
30,000
0.867
1.65 million
Empire of Japan
Tokyo
Japanese
Parliamentary Monarchy
75,000
0.919
354.3 million
Java Federation
Batavia
Javanese, Betawi
Federal presidential republic
19,500
0.609
142 million
State of Judea
Jerusalem
Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino
Parliamentary republic
82,019
0.939
14.46 million
Principality of Kashmir
Srinagar
Kashmiri
Princely state
9,900
0.600
17.2 million
Democratic Federal System of Kordestan
Amed
Kurdish languages
Democratic Confederalist State
27,200
0.844
24.5 million
Republic of Korea
Gyeongju
Korean
Consociationalist republic
50,000
0.878
173 million
Lan Xang Hom Khao
Louangphabang
Lao
Semi-absolute monarchy
10,000
0.690
Six million
File:Kataeb Flag.jpg Republic of Lebanon
Tripoli
"Lebanese"
Parliamentary Republic
33,000
0.870
6.25 million
Federated Malay States
Kuala Lumpur
Malay
Federal parliamentary Monarchy
24,500
0.829
22 million
Sultanate of Oman
Muscat
Arabic
Semi-constitutional monarchy
29,100
0.785
3.8 million
Republic of the Philippines
Malolos
Spanish, Tagalog
Parliamentary republic
17,900
0.777
97.4 million
Pontus Autonomy
Trebizond
Greek
Parliamentary single-party state
22,200
0.827
11.24 million
Riau Technate
Singapore
English, Malay, Chinese
Technate/oligarchical rule
67,000
0.945
16.5 million
Kingdom of Sarawak
Kuching
English
Parliamentary monarchy
28,900
0.900
Two million
Sultanate of Sulu
Palawan
Arabic, Tausug
Semi-constitutional monarchy
12,500
0.687
800,000
Sumatran Republic
Palembang
Malay
Federal Republic
9300
0.699
48.3 million
Thailand
Bangkok
Thai
Parliamentary monarchy
19,900
0.727
63.249 million
Tibet
Lhasa
Tibetan
Theocratic monarchy/Lama rule
8700
0.668
7.8 million
Turkey
Konya
Turkish
Presidential republic
12,000
0.800
72 million
Kingdom of Vietnam
Saigon
Vietnamese
Parliamentary monarchy
9000
0.711
87 million
Republic of Yunnan
Kunming
Chinese, 25 minority languages
Parliamentary republic
11,200
0.664
44.25 million
Europe [ ]
The following are states officially recognised by the Concert of Europe as member-states, and thus fully recognised by the international community.
State
Capital
Official Language(s)
Form of Government
GDP per capita (PPP, OTL 1990 dollars)
Human Development Index
Population
Kingdom of Albania
Tirana
Albanian
Parliamentary Monarchy
22,310
0.845
4.115 million
Principality of Andorra
Andorra La Vella
Catalan
Parliamentary triarchy
43,500
0.9
87,000
Kingdom of Belgium
Brussels
Walloon, Flemish
Federal parliamentary monarchy
47,500
0.921
9.5 million
Kingdom of Bulgaria
Sofia
Bulgarian
Semi-constitutional monarchy
27,000
0.851
5.35 million
Czechoslovak Federal Republic
Prague
Czech, Slovak
Federal parliamentary republic
34,000
0.882
12.15 million
Kingdom of Denmark
Copenhagen
Danish
Parliamentary monarchy
48,000
0.932
5.2 million
Eurasian Union
Saint Petersburg
None (de jure)
Confederal parliamentary monarchy
34,750
0.885
514 million
Faroe Republic
Tórshavn
Faroese
Parliamentary republic
37,000
0.912
53,000
French Republic
Paris
French (regional languages recognised)
Parliamentary diarchy
57,300
0.913
78 million
German Empire
Frankfurt
German
Parliamentary federal monarchy
50,310
0.922
197.35 million
Kingdom of Greece
Constantinople
Greek
Parliamentary monarchy
28,215
0.877
17.42 million
File:-Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg.png Kingdom of Hungary
Budapest
Hungarian
Parliamentary monarchy
35,200
0.893
14.12 million
Republic of Iceland
Reikiavik
Icelandic
Semi-direct democracy
47,300
0.923
197,000
Italian Federation
Rome
Italian
Parliamentary federal monarchy
32,500
0.862
76.3 million
Kingdom of Ireland
Dublin
English, Irish
Parliamentary Monarchy
42,000
0.912
6.317 million
Principality of Liechtenstein
Vaduz
German
Parliamentary Monarchy
112,000
0.93
37,000
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Louxembourgish
Parliamentary Monarchy
113,000
0.901
573,000
Republic of Malta
Valletta
Maltese
Presidential Republic
33,000
0.842
75,000
Principality of Montenegro
Cetinje
Montenegrin, Serbian
Parliamentary Monarchy
20,100
0.810
715,000
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Amsterdam, The Hague
Dutch
Parliamentary Monarchy
48,500
0.929
15.42 million
Kingdom of Norway
Oslo
Norwegian
Parliamentary Monarchy
70,300
0.944
5.115 million
Polish Republic
Warsaw
Polish
Parliamentary Republic
33,000
0.870
35.715 million
Kingdom of Romania
Bucharest
Romanian
Parliamentary Monarchy
25,000
0.840
15.21 million
Republic of San Marino
Dogana
Italian
Parliamentary Republic
39,000
0.890
32,000
Kingdom of Serbia
Belgrade
Serbian
Parliamentary Monarchy
24,100
0.820
7.4 million
Kingdom of Sweden
Stockholm
Swedish
Parliamentary Monarchy
49,100
0.924
9.01 million
Swiss Confederation
Bern
German, French, Italian, Romansch
Federal directorial republic with elements of direct democracy
58,000
0.935
Eight million
Union of Free Iberian Territories
Madrid
Spanish, minority languages co-official
Confederalist/platformist confederation
36,000
0.887
48 million
United Kingdom of Great Britain
London
English
Parliamentary federal monarchy
42,000
0.911
76 million
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
Zagreb
Slovene, Croat, Serbian
Confederal Republic
26,500
0.856
10.2 million
There's another two countries that aren't usually recognised as European States due to their non-membership of the Concert of Europe:
State
Capital
Official Language(s)
Form of Government
GDP per capita (PPP, OTL 1990 dollars)
Human Development Index
Population
Republic of Amikejo
Kelmis
Esperanto
Direct democracy
49,200
0.925
15,230
Holy See
Vatican City
Latin
Papal rule
n/av
n/av
c. 1000
North America [ ]
Nation
Capital
Official Language(s)
Form of Government
GDP per capita (PPP, OTL 1990 dollars)
Human Development Index
Population
Antillean Federation
Kingston
English, creole
Federal parliamentary monarchy
12,590
0.723
25 million
Kingdom of Canada
Ottawa
English, French
Federal parliamentary monarchy
29,930
0.920
53 million
Republic of Costa Rica
San José
Spanish
Consociationalist State
15,000
0.799
Five million
Free Cuba
Havana
Spanish
Consociationalist State
12,340
0.777
15 million
Republic of Greenland
Nuuk
Inuit
Presidential republic
9000
0.884
56,900
State of Guatemala
Guatemala
Spanish, K'i'che
Transitional state
9700
0.691
13 million
Plurinational State of Mexico
Mexico City
Spanish, native languages
Federal parliamentary republic
14,000
0.752
112 million
Dominion of Newfoundland
St John's
English
Parliamentary monarchy
33,000
0.929
650,000
United States of America
Washington, D.C.
none at federal level
Federal presidential republic
43,400
0.871
475,013,886
United Provinces of Central America
Managua
Spanish
Marxian state
9700
0.701
22 million
Yucatan Confederation
Chan Santa Cruz
Maya languages
Tribal confederalist union
12,900
0.756
Seven million
Oceania [ ]
Nation
Capital
Official Language(s)
Form of Government
GDP per capita (PPP, OTL 1990 dollars)
Human Development Index
Population
Central Australian Commonwealth
Adelaide
English
Parliamentary monarchy
20,400
0.831
2.2 million
Maluku Union
Sofifi
Dutch (interethnic)
Federal parliamentary republic
16,100
0.801
1.9 million
Commonwealth of New South Wales
Sydney
English
Parliamentary monarchy
40,100
0.925
2.54 million
New Zealand
Auckland
English, Maori
Parliamentary monarchy
38,700
0.917
4.75 million
Pacific Union
Viti Levu
English, German, French (at federal level)
Confederal parliamentary triarchy
9300
0.701
Ten million
Papua Republic
Humboldt Bay
English, German, Dutch
Presidential republic
9100
0.699
11 million
State of Queensland
Brisbane
English
Parliamentary monarchy
37,500
0.914
1.75 million
Sulawesi Federation
People's Town
English
Marxian state
12,300
0.739
19.5 million
Sunda Confederation
Denpasar
Dutch (at federal level)
Confederal parliamentary republic
13,000
0.750
31 million
Commonwealth of Victoria
Melbourne
English
Parliamentary monarchy
42,000
0.930
6.05 million
Commonwealth of Westralia
Perth
English
Parliamentary monarchy
35,950
0.907
2.5 million
South America [ ]
Nation
Capital
Official Language(s)
Form of Government
GDP per capita (PPP, OTL 1990 dollars)
Human Development Index
Population
Argentine Republic
Buenos Aires
Spanish
Presidential Republic
28,000
0.858
41 million
United Brazilian States
Rio de Janeiro
Portuguese
Federal one-party state
30,000
0.882
215 million
Republic of Chile
Santiago de Chile
Spanish
Presidential republic
29,000
0.884
19 million
Democratic People's Republic of Colombia
Ciudad Popular de Bogotá
Spanish
Marxian state
8900
0.701
30.22 million
United States of Colombia
Medellín
Spanish, local languages recognised
Confederal semi-presidential republic
31,000
0.888
22.8 million
Republic of Counani
Macapá
French, Portuguese
Presidential republic
10,400
0.661
430,000
Republic of Ecuador
Quito
Spanish
Presidential republic
23,000
0.830
14 million
People's Republic of Guyana
People's Town
English
Marxian state
17,000
0.792
2.9 million
Multicultural State of Paraguay
Paraguay
Guaraní
Marxian state
10,200
0.733
6.25 million
Republic of Perú
Lima
Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
Semi-presidential republic
25,000
0.857
29.3 million
Surinamean State
Par'bo
Sranan Togo
Semi-presidential republic/One party state
11,500
0.674
512,000
United Ayllu
Sucre Commune (de facto)
None
Syndical/tribal confederalist state
21,000
0.801
13.5 million
People's Republic of Venezuela
Caracas
Spanish
Marxian state
20,000
0.755
27.4 million