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A

* Afghanistan – * – *
Angoche Angoche is a district, city and municipality located in Nampula Province in north-eastern Mozambique. The district has limits in the North with Mogincual District, in the South with Larde District, to the east with the Indian Ocean and to the wes ...
– *
Anhalt-Bernburg Anhalt-Bernburg was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and a duchy of the German Confederation ruled by the House of Ascania with its residence at Bernburg in present-day Saxony-Anhalt. It emerged as a subdivision from the Principality of ...
– * Anhalt-Dessau – *
Anhalt-Köthen Anhalt-Köthen was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the House of Ascania. It was created in 1396 when the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst was partitioned between Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen. The first creation lasted until 1562 ...
– *
Ankole Ankole (Nkore language, Runyankore: ''Nkore''), was a traditional Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom in Uganda and lasted from the 15th century until 1967. The kingdom was located in south-western Uganda, east of Lake Edward. History Ankole Realm, K ...
– * Annam – * Anziku – * – * Aro – * – * Aussa – * –


B

* – * Baguirmi – Kingdom of Baguirmi *
Bamana Bambara or Bambarra may refer to: * Bambara people, an ethnic group, primarily in Mali ** Bambara language, their language, a Manding language ** Bamana Empire, a state that flourished in present-day Mali (1640s–1861) * ''Bambara'' (beetle), a g ...
– Bambara Empire *
Baol The Kingdom of Baol or Bawol in central Senegal was one of the kingdoms that arose from the split-up of the Empire of Jolof (Diolof) in 1555. The ruler ( Teigne or Teen) reigned from a capital in Diourbel. The Kingdom encompassed a strip of l ...
– Kingdom of Baol * Barotseland – *
Basutoland Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho. Though the Basotho (then known as Basuto) and their territory had been under British control starting in 1868 (and ruled by Cape Colony from 1871), th ...
– Kingdom of Basutoland *
Baté Empire The Batè Empire (N’ko: ߓߊߕߍ߫ ''Bátɛ'') was a pre-colonial state centred on Kankan in what is today Guinea. It was founded in the 16th century by migrants from the Sahel, Mandinka and Soninke people, as an Islamic merchant state. The founde ...
– Baté Empire * – Kingdom of Bavaria * – Kingdom of Belgium * – Benin Empire * Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan *
Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
– Kingdom of Bohemia * →
Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
– Bolivian Republic * Bora Bora – Kingdom of Bora Bora * Bornu – Bornu Empire * – * – * British India - Indian Empire * – Sultanate of Brunei * – Duchy of Brunswick *
Buganda Buganda is a Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda, Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Buganda's Districts of Uganda, Central Region, inclu ...
– Kingdom of Buganda *
Bukhara Bukhara (Uzbek language, Uzbek: /, ; tg, Бухоро, ) is the List of cities in Uzbekistan, seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan, with a population of 280,187 , and the capital of Bukhara Region. People have inhabited the region around Bukhara ...
– Emirate of Bukhara * Bundu - State of Bundu * Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara * Burma – Kingdom of Burma *
Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
– Kingdom of Burundi


C

* Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia * Cayor – Kingdom of Cayor * Central Italy – United Provinces of Central Italy * – Republic of Chile *
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
– Great Qing Empire Cook Islands
Rarotonga Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 13,007 of a total population of 17,434. The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings a ...
* – Republic of Costa Rica * Couto Misto * Croatia – Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)


D

*
Dahomey The Kingdom of Dahomey () was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a region ...
– Kingdom of Dahomey * Dendi – Dendi Kingdom * – Kingdom of Denmark * Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic


E

* – Republic of Ecuador *
El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
– El Salvador * – Ethiopian Empire


F

*
Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
– Tui Viti * Finland – Grand Duchy of Finland * France **
French Republic France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
**
French Empire French Empire (french: Empire Français, link=no) may refer to: * First French Empire, ruled by Napoleon I from 1804 to 1814 and in 1815 and by Napoleon II in 1815, the French state from 1804 to 1814 and in 1815 * Second French Empire, led by Nap ...
* Frankfurt – Free City of Frankfurt * Futa Jallon – Imamate of Futa Jallon * Futa Toro – Imamate of Futa Toro


G

*
Garhwal Garhwal may refer to the following topics associated with Uttarakhand, India: Places *Garhwal Himalaya, a sub-range of the Himalayas *Garhwal Kingdom, a former kingdom * Garhwal District (British Garhwal), a former district of British India *Gar ...
– Garhwal Kingdom * Garo – Kingdom of Garo *
Gaza Gaza may refer to: Places Palestine * Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea ** Gaza City, a city in the Gaza Strip ** Gaza Governorate, a governorate in the Gaza Strip Lebanon * Ghazzeh, a village in ...
– Gaza Empire * Gera – Kingdom of Gera * Gomma – Kingdom of Gomma *
Granadine Confederation The Granadine Confederation ( es, Confederación Granadina) was a short-lived federal republic established in 1858 as a result of a constitutional change replacing the Republic of New Granada. It consisted of the present-day nations of Colombia an ...
– Granadine Confederation * Greece – Kingdom of Greece * → →
Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
– Republic of Guatemala * Gumma – Kingdom of Gumma * Gyaaman – State of Gyaaman


H

* Ha'il – Emirate of Ha'il * → Haiti ** Empire of Haiti ** Republic of Haiti * – Free city of Hamburg * – Kingdom of Hanover * Hawaii – Kingdom of Hawaii * Hesse-Darmstadt – Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine * Hesse-Homburg – Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg * Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) – Electorate of Hesse * Hohenzollern-Hechingen – Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen * Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen * Holstein – Duchy of Holstein * – Republic of Honduras * Huahine – Kingdom of Huahine * Hungary – Kingdom of Hungary * Huraa – Huraa dynasty * (princely state of British India)


J

* Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero *
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
– Tokugawa shogunate *
Jimma Jimma () is the largest city in southwestern Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It is a special zone of the Oromia Region and is surrounded by Jimma Zone. It has a latitude and longitude of . Prior to the 2007 census, Jimma was reorganized administrative ...
– Kingdom of Jimma * Johor – Johor Sultanate * – Jolof Kingdom


K

*
Kaabu The Kaabu Empire (1537–1867), also written Gabu, Ngabou, and N'Gabu, was an empire in the Senegambia region centered within modern northeastern Guinea-Bissau, larger parts of today's Gambia; extending into Koussanar, Koumpentoum, regions ...
– Kingdom of Kaabu * Kabulistan – Kingdom of Kabul * Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa * Kathiri – Kathiri Sultanate of Seiyun in Hadramaut * Kénédougou – Kénédougou Kingdom *
Khasso Khasso or Xaaso was a West African kingdom of the 17th to 19th centuries, occupying territory in what is today Senegal and the Kayes Region of Mali. Over two thousand years ago, it was part of Serer territory. From the 17th to 19th centuries, its c ...
– Kingdom of Khasso *
Khiva Khiva ( uz, Xiva/, خىۋا; fa, خیوه, ; alternative or historical names include ''Kheeva'', ''Khorasam'', ''Khoresm'', ''Khwarezm'', ''Khwarizm'', ''Khwarazm'', ''Chorezm'', ar, خوارزم and fa, خوارزم) is a district-level city ...
– Khanate of Khiva *
Kokand Kokand ( uz, Qo‘qon/Қўқон/قوقان, ; russian: Кока́нд; fa, خوقند, Xuqand; Chagatai: خوقند, ''Xuqand''; ky, Кокон, Kokon; tg, Хӯқанд, Xöqand) is a city in Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan, at the sou ...
– Khanate of Kokand * Kong – Kong Empire *
Kongo Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa: * Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...
– Kingdom of Kongo * → Korea – Kingdom of Great Joseon *
Koya Temne The Kingdom of Kquoja or Koya or Koya Temne, or the Temne Kingdom (1505–1896), was a pre-colonial African state in the north of present-day Sierra Leone. The kingdom was founded by the Temne people, Temne ethnic group in or around 1505 by mi ...
– Kingdom of Koya


L

* – Republic of Liberia * → – Principality of Liechtenstein * Limburg – Duchy of Limburg * Limmu-Ennarea – Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea * Lippe – Principality of Lippe-Detmoldt * Loango – Kingdom of Loango * Lombardy–Venetia – Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia * Luba – Luba Empire * Lubeck – Free City of Lubeck * Lunda – Lunda Empire * – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg


M

* Maldives – Sultanate of Maldives * Mangareva – Kingdom of Mangareva * Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur * Maryland – State of Maryland in Africaofficial name in quotes near bottom of page * Massina – Massina Empire * Matabeleland – Matabele Kingdom *
Mecklenburg-Schwerin The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1701, when Frederick William and Adolphus Frederick II divided the Duchy of Mecklenburg between Schwerin and Strelitz. Ruled by the successors of the Nikloting Hous ...
– Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin *
Mecklenburg-Strelitz The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in northern Germany consisting of the eastern fifth of the historic Mecklenburg region, roughly corresponding with the present-day Mecklenburg-Strelitz district (the former Lordship of Stargard), ...
– Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz * – Republic of Mexico * Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao *
Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...
– Duchies of Modena and Reggio * Moldavia - Principality of Moldavia * – Principality of Monaco * → Montenegro ** Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ** Principality of Montenegro * – Sultanate of Morocco * Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman


N

*
Nassau Nassau may refer to: Places Bahamas *Nassau, Bahamas, capital city of the Bahamas, on the island of New Providence Canada *Nassau District, renamed Home District, regional division in Upper Canada from 1788 to 1792 *Nassau Street (Winnipeg), ...
– Duchy of Nassau *
Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...
– Negeri Sembilan * Nejd – Emirate of Nejd * Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal * – Kingdom of the Netherlands *
New Granada New Granada may refer to various former national denominations for the present-day country of Colombia. *New Kingdom of Granada, from 1538 to 1717 *Viceroyalty of New Granada, from 1717 to 1810, re-established from 1816 to 1819 *United Provinces of ...
– Republic of New Granada (renamed Granadine Confederation on May 22, 1858) * → → Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua * Norway – Kingdom of Norway (in personal union with Sweden) *
Nri NRI or Nri may refer to : * Kingdom of Nri, an Igbo kingdom that flourished between the 10th century and early 20th century * National Radio Institute, a now defunct post-secondary vocational correspondence school * National Resources Inventory * N ...
– Kingdom of Nri


O

*
Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to: Places *Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica *Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany **Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony *Olde ...
– Grand Duchy of Oldenburg * – Republic of Orange Free State * – Sublime Ottoman State * Ouaddai – Ouaddai Empire *
Oyo Oyo can refer to: Places Nigeria * Oyo Empire, a former Yoruba state that covered parts of Nigeria and Benin, or the capital city * Oyo State, a present-day state of Nigeria named after the Oyo Empire * Oyo, Oyo State, a city founded in the 18 ...
– Oyo Empire


P

* Pahang – Sultanate of Pahang * – States of the Church * – Republic of Paraguay * – Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla *
Perak Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...
– Sultanate of Perak * Persia – Sublime State of Persia * – Peruvian Republic * Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal * – Kingdom of Prussia


Q

* Qu'aiti – Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Muqalla in Hadramaut


R

* Raiatea – Kingdom of Raiatea * Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui *
Rarotonga Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 13,007 of a total population of 17,434. The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings a ...
– Kingdom of Rarotonga *
Reuss Elder Line The Principality of Reuss-Greiz (german: Fürstentum Reuß-Greiz), called the Principality of the Reuss Elder Line (german: Fürstentum Reuß älterer Linie) after 1848, was a sovereign state in modern Germany, ruled by members of the House of ...
– Principality of Reuss Elder Line * Reuss Junior Line – Principality of Reuss Junior Line * → – Russian Empire *
Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
– Kingdom of Rwanda * – Kingdom of Ryūkyū


S

* Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa * San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino * – Kingdom of Sarawak * – Kingdom of Sardinia * Saxe-Altenburg – Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg *
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (german: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha), or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (german: Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, links=no ), was an Ernestine, Thuringian duchy ruled by a branch of the House of Wettin, consisting of territories in the present-d ...
– Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha * Saxe-Meiningen – Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen * Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach * – Kingdom of Saxony * Schaumburg-Lippe – Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe * Schleswig – Duchy of Schleswig * Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt * Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen * Selangor – Sultanate of Selangor * Serbia – Principality of Serbia * – Kingdom of Siam * Sikkim – Chogyalate of Sikkim * Sokoto – Sokoto Caliphate South African Republic
Transvaal Transvaal is a historical geographic term associated with land north of (''i.e.'', beyond) the Vaal River in South Africa. A number of states and administrative divisions have carried the name Transvaal. * South African Republic (1856–1902; af, ...
* – Kingdom of Spain *
Sulu Sulu (), officially the Province of Sulu (Tausug language, Tausūg: ''Wilāya sin Lupa' Sūg''; tl, Lalawigan ng Sulu), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago and part of the Bangsamoro, Bangsamor ...
– Sultanate of Sulu * – Kingdom of Sweden (in personal union with Norway) * – Swiss Confederation


T

* Tahiti – Kingdom of Tahiti * Tonga – Tu'i Tonga * Toro – Toro Kingdom * Toucouleur – Toucouleur Empire * – South African Republic * Tuscany – Grand Duchy of Tuscany * – Kingdom of the Two Sicilies


U

* – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland * → – United States of America * United States of the Ionian Islands – United States of the Ionian Islands * – Eastern Republic of Uruguay


V

* → → – Republic of Venezuela


W

* Waldeck-Pyrmont – Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont * Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta * – Kingdom of Württemberg


Y

* Yeke – Yeke Kingdom


Z

* Zululand – Kingdom of Zululand


Non-sovereign territories


Oldenburg

* Lordship of In- and Kniphausen, protectorate of Oldenburg to 1854.


United Kingdom

* – Cape of Good Hope


States claiming sovereignty

*
Aceh Aceh ( ), officially the Aceh Province ( ace, Nanggroë Acèh; id, Provinsi Aceh) is the westernmost province of Indonesia. It is located on the northernmost of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capital and largest city. Granted a s ...
– Sultanate of Aceh * Germany – German Empire * Goust – Republic of Goust * State of Buenos Aires * Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace *
Tavolara Tavolara is a small island off the northeast coast of Sardinia, Italy. The island is a limestone massif long and wide, with steep cliffs except at its ends. Its highest point, Monte Cannone, is above sea level. A cove and beach can be foun ...
– Kingdom of Tavolara


References

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