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This is a list of declared states that currently maintain military forces in the area which they claim to be their soveriegn territory, but control no permanantly populated place within their territory and have no international recogntion. If they can be proven to control a permanantly inhabited place within their claimed territory or are recognized as independent by at least one other state they should be added to the List of unrecognized states

States meeting the declarative theory
These polities meet the declarative theory of statehood. They have a defined territory, openly control permanently populated places, the capacity to enter diplomatic relations, and a government. They have been rejected from the main list of sovereign states due to the fact that no scholarly source has yet been found applying the theory to them.

Transient States
These polities have declared independence and maintain military forces in the areas they claim. While ordinarily they do not control territory openly, they may on occasion briefly seize and hold areas temporarily and thereby meet the criteria set forth in the declarative theory of statehood.

Armed groups with defacto independence
The following entities maintain defacto independence over the territory they control, but have not actually declared independence. If it can be proven that they have declared independence they should be added to the list of unrecognized states. Rebel and alternative governments competing for sovereignty of an entire state are not included here.