Talk:List of sovereign states/Sandbox2

This is a list of sovereign states, giving an overview of states around the world with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty.

The list is divided into three parts. The parts are arranged alphabetically, and contain 205 entries in total, : For an alphabetically arranged list of all 205 entries use the sort button of the first column.
 * 1) The Members of the United Nations organization section lists 192 states, members of the United Nations.
 * 2) The Members of an United Nations specialized agency section lists 4 states which, while not member states of the UN, are member states of at least one of the UN's specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency or are a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice. The list of these organizations (with addition of the UN itself) is referred to as the Vienna formula.
 * 3) The No membership in the United Nations organization and specialized agencies section lists 9 states which are not member states of any of the Vienna formula organizations listed above.

Compiling a list such as this can be a difficult and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerning the criteria for statehood. For more information on the criteria used to determine the contents and sorting of this list, please see the "criteria for inclusion" section below.

States
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Criteria for inclusion
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