Can you name the Political Entities with Limited Recognition?

Other Claimants	Political Entity	Recognized By
Cyprus		1 UN member
Moldova		2 UN non-members
Georgia		3 UN members, 2 UN non-members
Georgia		3 UN members, 2 UN non-members
PR China		22 UN members
Serbia		63 UN members, 1 UN non-member
Morocco		49 UN members, 1 Internat'l Organization
Israel		93 UN members, 2 Internat'l Organizations

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Nations with Limited Recognition Quiz

Rating:	Nominate Report game
Created by: SonOfSibir -
Contributed: November 27th, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 476

Tags: Political Quizzes, limited, entity, recognition, claimant, Political Entities, Limited Recognition, nation, recognized

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	SonOfSibir:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 07:42 GMT	1 point
	Notes: Other Claimants refer to states which claim sovereignty over the territory in question.

	nyo:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 09:25 GMT	5 points
	Suggestions for adding: The 22 countries recognizing taiwan don't recognize PR china. Israel isn't recognized by some countries. Armenia isn't recognized by pakistan. Liechtenstein and slovakia don't recognize eachother. Same with the Koreas. I might have forgotten some there :)

	Shay:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 09:34 GMT	2 points
	If in doubt, check here: http://www.sporcle.com/games/Count_of_Tuscany/non_recognized_countries

	tbh444:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 11:07 GMT	2 points
	Sort of knew Abkhazia but got put off the spelling by Azkaban (Harry Potter prison island)

	FishyInSpain:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 12:52 GMT	1 point
	Great quiz! I had expected there to be a lot more. I would recommend SADR be accepted for Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, but I did appreciate that Western Sahara was accepted. Good work

	yellowcarpet:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 16:20 GMT	1 point
	Liechtenstein and Slovakia should also be there.

	immigrant_punk:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 16:33 GMT	1 point
	Good quiz, Southern Ossetia should also be accepted I think.

	Psyk:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 17:44 GMT	1 point
	I always thought that to be a member of the UN, a country has to recognise all other members (although perhaps not necessarily agree with their existance). Is that not right?

	anAmatuer:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 18:11 GMT	3 points
	This quiz reveals the inconsistencies in many Sporcle geo quizzes. Why does Kosovo and Taiwan count but not Western Sahara and Palestine?

	XYlophonetreeZ:	Nov 28th, 2009 at 04:26 GMT	1 point
	@anAmateur, I believe it is going by the countries recognized by the US. It is an American website, after all.

	HiddenPalace:	Dec 27th, 2009 at 22:57 GMT	2 points
	Too much time.

	HiddenPalace:	Dec 27th, 2009 at 22:59 GMT	1 point
	@anAmatuer: Because that's what America wants to recognise.

	ericderkonig:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 00:42 GMT	3 points
	Could you accept Transdniestria as a variation of Transnistria?

	elnok:	Mar 3rd, 2010 at 13:44 GMT	0 points
	The actual name of the entity in northern Cyprus is "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," or "TRNC." I've been to Transnistria/Transdniestria; it's an eerie way-back machine into what the US Government told everyone all Communist societies were like back in the '80s, except this is real.

	Zephos:	Mar 19th, 2010 at 20:03 GMT	1 point
	I hear Transnistria is a better place then the rest of Moldova though, is that true?

	tahitiwahini:	Jan 5th, 2011 at 23:32 GMT	1 point
	Why do Kosovo and Taiwan count as countries and not Western Sahara and Palestine? Because Kosovo and Taiwan are both de facto states that are recognized by a number of other sovereign states. Neither Western Sahara (whose government is currently in exile in Algeria) nor the Palestinian Authority exercise full control over their territories. It's a rather practical definition and has little to do with whether the US or UN recognize it. For example, Taiwan is recognized by neither the US nor UN, yet it remains a de facto state that functions as a country and meets the definition of a state according to the Montevideo Convention of 1931. I think Sporcle has made the correct call for now, but things change. Interesting discussion of these issues here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states#Other_states