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This is a list of sovereign states in the 1920s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1920 and 31 December 1929. It contains entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and
recognition Recognition may refer to: *Award, something given in recognition of an achievement Machine learning *Pattern recognition, a branch of machine learning which encompasses the meanings below Biometric * Recognition of human individuals, or biomet ...
of their sovereignty. It includes Widely-recognized sovereign states, and entities which were '' de facto'' sovereign but which were not Widely-recognized by other states.


Sovereign states

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A

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Abkhazia Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...
– Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia Recognized independent state. It was subordinate to the Georgian SSR from December 16, 1921. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → → → → Afghanistan * Emirate of Afghanistan * Kingdom of Afghanistan * Emirate of Afghanistan * Kingdom of Afghanistan Reign of Amanullah Khan,
Inayatullah Khan Inayatullah Khan (Pashto/Dari: ), (20 October 1888 – 12 August 1946) was the King of Afghanistan for three days in January 1929. He was the son of former Afghan Emir, Habibullah Khan. Inayatullah's brief reign ended with his abdication. I ...
, and Mohammed Nadir Shah: Widely-recognized independent state
Reign of
Habibullāh Kalakāni Habibullah Kalakani ( prs, , 19 January 1891 – 1 November 1929), also known by his nickname "Bacha-ye Saqao" (also romanized Bachai Sakao; literally ''son of the water carrier'') was the ruler of Afghanistan from 17 January to 13 October 1929 ...
,
Ali Ahmad Khan Amir Ali Ahmad Khan, ''Shaghasi'' ( ps, ; prs, ; 1883–1929) was an Afghan king from the Shaghasi family of the Barakzai tribe who was declared king of Afghanistan twice in 1929. He was first declared amir of Afghanistan by and influential cle ...
and
Abd-al Karim Abd-al Karim (1897–1927) was an Afghan emir who ruled only in the Southern Province, Afghanistan, Southern Province from July 1924 to January 1925. Early life Abd-al Karim was born in 1897. He was the youngest son of Mohammad Yaqub Khan, an e ...
: Not recognized by any state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → → → Albania * Principality of Albania * Albanian Republic * Albanian Kingdom Widely-recognized independent state. ''De facto'' Italian protectorate to August 2, 1920.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
member state from December 17, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Andorra – Principality of Andorra Widely-recognized independent state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Argentine Republic Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → Armenia *
Republic of Armenia A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
*
Armenian Socialist Soviet Republic The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...
Widely-recognized independent state. Became part of the Transcaucasian SFSR from March 12, 1922. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top,
Asir The ʿAsir Region ( ar, عَسِيرٌ, ʿAsīr, lit=difficult) is a region of Saudi Arabia located in the southwest of the country that is named after the ʿAsīr tribe. It has an area of and an estimated population of 2,211,875 (2017). It is ...
– Idrisid Emirate of Asir Widely-recognized independent state. Vassal state of Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd from October 21, 1926. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Asir, Upper – Sheikdom of Upper Asir Widely-recognized independent state. Partitioned between Sultanate of Nejd and
Idrisid Emirate of Asir The Idrisid Emirate of Asir () was a state located in the Arabian Peninsula. The Emirate was located in the geographical region of Asir and Jizan in what is now southwestern Saudi Arabia, and extending to Hodeidah, northwest of Yemen. History ...
from August 30, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Commonwealth of Australia
Widely-recognized independent state after 15 November, 1926.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from 10 January, 1920. Australia had two external territories: *
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together with ...
* Australia administered two
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s: *
Nauru Nauru ( or ; na, Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru ( na, Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Ki ...
* New Guinea , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Austria – Republic of Austria Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
member state from December 15, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → → Azerbaijan * Azerbaijan Democratic Republic * Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic Widely-recognized independent state. Became part of the Transcaucasian SFSR from March 12, 1922. Azerbaijan had one protectorate: *
Nakhichevan ASSR The Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as Nakhichevan ASSR was an autonomous republic within the Azerbaijan SSR, itself a republic within the Soviet Union. It was formed on 16 March 1921 and became a part of the Az ...
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B

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Kingdom of Belgium Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. Belgium had sovereignty over one colony and one concession: * * Tientsin Belgium administered one
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: *
Ruanda-Urundi Ruanda-Urundi (), later Rwanda-Burundi, was a colonial territory, once part of German East Africa, which was occupied by troops from the Belgian Congo during the East African campaign in World War I and was administered by Belgium under militar ...
, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Bolivia Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Brazil – Republic of the United States of Brazil Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920; withdrew in June 14, 1926. Brazil was a federation of 20 states, one territory, and one federal district. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Kingdom of Bulgaria Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
member state from December 16, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


C

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Dominion of Canada Widely-recognized independent state after November 15, 1926.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Chile Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → – Republic of China Capital: Nanking, Peking, Chungking Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Colombia Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Costa Rica Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
member state from December 16, 1920; withdrew in January 22, 1925. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Cuba Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → Czechoslovakia * Czecho-Slovak Republic * Czechoslovak Republic Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


D

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Free City of Danzig Widely-recognized independent. Under League of Nations protection. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Kingdom of Denmark Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
member state from September 28, 1924. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


E

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador Widely-recognized independent state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Kingdom of Egypt Widely-recognized independent state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of El Salvador Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Estonia Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
member state from September 22, 1921. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Ethiopian Empire Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
member state from September 28, 1923. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


F

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Finland Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
member state from December 16, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Free State of Fiume Widely-recognized independent. Annexed by Italy from February 22, 1924. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, France – French Republic Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. France administered the foreign affairs of the following protectorates: *
French Morocco The French protectorate in Morocco (french: Protectorat français au Maroc; ar, الحماية الفرنسية في المغرب), also known as French Morocco, was the period of French colonial rule in Morocco between 1912 to 1956. The prote ...
France administered the following
League of Nations mandate A League of Nations mandate was a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I, or the legal instruments that contained the internationally agreed-upon terms for administ ...
s: *
Alawite The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia Isl ...
* Greater Lebanon * Syrian Federation *
State of Syria State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * '' State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our ...
* → Souaida * French Cameroons * French Togoland * Saar Basin , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


G

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → → Georgia * Democratic Republic of Georgia * Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Widely-recognized independent state. Georgian SSR had one autonomous republic (from July 16, 1921): Adjarian ASSR. Became part of the Transcaucasian SFSR from March 12, 1922. *
SSR Abkhazia The Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia (SSR Abkhazia), ССР Аҧсны; ' ka, საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა აფხაზეთი, სსრ აფხაზეთი; ' russi ...
, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Germany – German Realm Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
member state from September 8, 1926. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → Greece * Kingdom of Greece *
Hellenic Republic Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Guatemala Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


H

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → Ha'il / Jabal Shammar – Emirate of Ha'il Widely-recognized independent state. It was completely conquered by
Saudi Saudi may refer to: * Saudi Arabia * Saudis, people from Saudi Arabia * Saudi culture, the culture of Saudi Arabia * House of Saud The House of Saud ( ar, آل سُعُود, ʾĀl Suʿūd ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is c ...
forces from November 2, 1921 and subsequently incorporated into the Sultanate of Nejd. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Haiti Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → – Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz Widely-recognized independent state. Annexed by Sultanate of Nejd, creating the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd from January 8, 1926. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Honduras Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → Hungary *
Hungarian Republic Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
* Kingdom of Hungary Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
member state from September 18, 1922. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


I

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Iceland – Kingdom of Iceland Widely-recognized independent state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Irish Free State Widely-recognized independent state after November 15, 1926.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
member state from September 10, 1923. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Kingdom of Italy Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. Italy had four colonies and one concession: * Italian Cyrenaica *
Italian Eritrea Italian Eritrea ( it, Colonia Eritrea, "Colony of Eritrea") was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy in the territory of present-day Eritrea. The first Italian establishment in the area was the purchase of Assab by the Rubattino Shipping Company in ...
* Italian Somaliland * Italian Tripolitania * Tientsin , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


J

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Empire of Japan Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. Japan had sovereignty over the following dependencies and concessions: * Japanese Korea (Chōsen) * Karafuto * Kwantung * Taiwan * Tientsin Japan administered one
League of Nations mandate A League of Nations mandate was a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I, or the legal instruments that contained the internationally agreed-upon terms for administ ...
: *
South Seas Mandate The South Seas Mandate, officially the Mandate for the German Possessions in the Pacific Ocean Lying North of the Equator, was a League of Nations mandate in the "South Seas" given to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations following Wo ...
, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


L

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, & Latvia * Republic of Latvia * Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
member state from September 22, 1921. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Liberia Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → – Principality of Liechtenstein Widely-recognized independent state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Lithuania Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
member state from September 22, 1921. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
member state from December 16, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


M

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – United Mexican States Widely-recognized independent state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Principality of Monaco Widely-recognized independent state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Mountain Republic - Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus Widely-recognized independent state. Incorporated into the Russian SFSR as the
Mountain ASSR The Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic or Mountain ASSR ( rus, Го́рская АССР, r=Gorskaya ASSR; ce, Лаьмнийн Автономин Советийн Социалистийн Республика) was a short-lived autono ...
from January 20, 1921. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman ''De jure'' independent state. ''De facto'' a British protectorate. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


N

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → Nejd *
Emirate of Nejd and Hasa The Emirate of Nejd and Hasa was the second iteration of the Third Saudi State from 1913 to 1921. It was a monarchy led by the House of Saud.Madawi Al-Rasheed. (2002). ''A History of Saudi Arabia''. Cambridge, England, UK: Cambridge University P ...
* Sultanate of Nejd Widely-recognized independent state. Nejd annexed
Hejaz The Hejaz (, also ; ar, ٱلْحِجَاز, al-Ḥijāz, lit=the Barrier, ) is a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. It includes the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif, and Baljurashi. It is also known as the "Western Provin ...
, creating the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd from January 8, 1926. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Nejd and Hejaz – Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz Capital: Mecca (Hejaz), Riyadh (Nejd) * Nejd ** Sultanate of Nejd ** Kingdom of Nejd and its Dependencies *
Hejaz The Hejaz (, also ; ar, ٱلْحِجَاز, al-Ḥijāz, lit=the Barrier, ) is a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. It includes the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif, and Baljurashi. It is also known as the "Western Provin ...
– Kingdom of Hejaz Widely-recognized independent state. Nejd and Hejaz had one protectorate: *
Asir The ʿAsir Region ( ar, عَسِيرٌ, ʿAsīr, lit=difficult) is a region of Saudi Arabia located in the southwest of the country that is named after the ʿAsīr tribe. It has an area of and an estimated population of 2,211,875 (2017). It is ...
, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal Widely-recognized independent state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Kingdom of the Netherlands Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. The Netherlands had sovereignty over three colonies: * Curaçao and Dependencies *
Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...
*
Surinam Surinam may refer to: * Surinam (Dutch colony) (1667–1954), Dutch plantation colony in Guiana, South America * Surinam (English colony) (1650–1667), English short-lived colony in South America * Surinam, alternative spelling for Suriname ...
, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Dominion of Newfoundland Widely-recognized independent state after November 15, 1926. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, New Zealand – Dominion of New Zealand Widely-recognized independent state after November 15, 1926.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. The following are territories of New Zealand: * Cook Islands *
Niue Island Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between Tonga ...
* Ross Dependency *
Union Islands Tokelau (; ; known previously as the Union Islands, and, until 1976, known officially as the Tokelau Islands) is a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean. It consists of three tropical coral atolls: Atafu, Nukunonu, a ...
New Zealand administered one
League of Nations mandate A League of Nations mandate was a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I, or the legal instruments that contained the internationally agreed-upon terms for administ ...
: * Western Samoa , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Nicaragua Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Kingdom of Norway Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. Norway had sovereignty over two uninhabited possessions: * Bouvet Island *
Sverdrup Islands The Sverdrup Islands is an archipelago of the northern Queen Elizabeth Islands, in Nunavut, Canada. The islands are situated in the Arctic Ocean, west of Ellesmere Island from 77° to 81° North and 85° to 106° West. History The islands are ...
, - , colspan=3, ----


O

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Sublime Ottoman State Widely-recognized independent state. Ottoman Empire had one protectorate: * North Caucasian Emirate , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


P

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Panama Widely-recognized independent state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Republic of Paraguay Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → Persia *
Persian Empire The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, wikt:𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an History of Iran#Classical antiquity, ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Bas ...
* Imperial State of Persia Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Peruvian Republic Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → Poland – Republic of Poland Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Portuguese Republic Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. The following are colonies and possession of Portugal: * * Portuguese Macau * Portuguese East Africa * *
Portuguese India The State of India ( pt, Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (''Estado Português da Índia'', EPI) or simply Portuguese India (), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of a se ...
* * Portuguese West Africa *
Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá The Forte de São João Baptista de Ajudá (in English: ''Fort St. John the Baptist of Ouidah'') is a small restored fort in Ouidah, Benin. Built in 1721, it was the last of three European forts built in that town to tap the slave trade of the ...
* Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


R

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Kingdom of Romania Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Widely-recognized independent state. Became part of the Soviet Union from December 30, 1922. Russia had three protectorates and one concession: *
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 ...
*
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 ...
* Uryankhay * Tientsin , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


S

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Most Serene Republic of San Marino Widely-recognized independent state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Serbs, Croats and Slovenes / Yugoslavia * Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes * Kingdom of Yugoslavia Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Siam – Kingdom of Siam Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → – Union of South Africa Capital: Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and
Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu ...
Widely-recognized independent state after November 15, 1926.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. South Africa administered one
League of Nations mandate A League of Nations mandate was a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I, or the legal instruments that contained the internationally agreed-upon terms for administ ...
: * → South West Africa , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → → – Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Widely-recognized independent state. The Soviet Union was a federation of four (later seven) republics. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Spain – Kingdom of Spain Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. Spain had sovereignty over the following colonies, possessions and protectorate: * Elobey, Annobón and Corisco * Fernando Poo * Río Muni * * Spanish North Africa * *
Spanish Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Kingdom of Sweden Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Swiss Confederation Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


T

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Tibet ''De facto'' independent state. Claimed by the
Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Widely-recognized independent state. The Transcaucasian SFSR was a federation constituted by the
Armenian SSR The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...
, the
Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...
and the Georgian SSR. Became part of the Soviet Union from December 30, 1922. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, * Turkey * Republic of Turkey Widely-recognized independent state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


U

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, * United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland * United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. The following were colonies, and territories of the United Kingdom: * * Bahrain – State of Bahrain * Baker Island * *
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 ...
– Territory of Basutoland * Bechuanaland – Bechuanaland Protectorate * Bermuda * Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan * * * * British Leeward Islands – Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands * – British Somaliland Protectorate *
British Western Pacific Territories The British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT) was the name of a colonial entity, created in 1877, for the administration, under a single representative of the British Crown, styled High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, of a series of Paci ...
* British Windward Islands – Federal Colony of the Windward Islands * Brunei – State of Brunei * * Cyprus * Falkland Islands *
Federated Malay States )Under God's Protection , capital = Kuala Lumpur1 , religion = Islam , legislature = Federal Legislative Council , type_house1 = State level , common_languages = , title_leader = Monarch , leader1 ...
*
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 ...
*
Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...
– Gambia Colony and Protectorate * * *
Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...
– Bailiwick of Guernsey * Heard Island and McDonald Islands * Hong Kong * * Isle of Man * Jamaica * Kenya * Jarvis Island * – Bailiwick of Jersey * Kuwait – Sheikhdom of Kuwait * Maldive Islands – Sultanate of the Maldive Islands * Malta * Mauritius * Nepal * Nigeria – Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria * *
Northern Rhodesia Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in southern Africa, south central Africa, now the independent country of Zambia. It was formed in 1911 by Amalgamation (politics), amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-West ...
– Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia * – Nyasaland Protectorate * Qatar – State of Qatar *
Saint Helena Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constitu ...
* Sarawak – Kingdom of Sarawak * Seychelles * Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate * – Colony of Southern Rhodesia * *
Swaziland Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...
– Swaziland Protectorate *
Transjordan Transjordan may refer to: * Transjordan (region), an area to the east of the Jordan River * Oultrejordain, a Crusader lordship (1118–1187), also called Transjordan * Emirate of Transjordan, British protectorate (1921–1946) * Hashemite Kingdom of ...
* * Tristan da Cunha * Trucial States * Uganda * Unfederated Malay States ** Johor ** Kedah ** → Kelantan ** ** * Victoria Land * Weihaiwei * Zanzibar United Kingdom administered the following
League of Nations mandate A League of Nations mandate was a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I, or the legal instruments that contained the internationally agreed-upon terms for administ ...
s: * British Cameroons * British Togoland * → Iraq *
Palestine __NOTOC__ Palestine may refer to: * State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia * Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia * Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East ...
** →
Transjordan Transjordan may refer to: * Transjordan (region), an area to the east of the Jordan River * Oultrejordain, a Crusader lordship (1118–1187), also called Transjordan * Emirate of Transjordan, British protectorate (1921–1946) * Hashemite Kingdom of ...
* Saar Basin * , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – United States of America Widely-recognized independent state. The following were territories of the United States of America: * Alaska * American Samoa * Corn Islands * Guam * Hawaii * Howland Island *
Johnston Atoll Johnston Atoll is an Unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States, currently administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Johnston Atoll is a National Wildlife Refuge and ...
* Kingman Reef *
Midway Atoll Midway Atoll (colloquial: Midway Islands; haw, Kauihelani, translation=the backbone of heaven; haw, Pihemanu, translation=the loud din of birds, label=none) is a atoll in the North Pacific Ocean. Midway Atoll is an insular area of the Unit ...
* Navassa Island * *
Petrel Islands Bajo Nuevo Bank, also known as the Petrel Islands ( es, Bajo Nuevo, Islas Petrel), is a small, uninhabited reef with some small grass-covered islets, located in the western Caribbean Sea at , with a lighthouse on Low Cay at . The closest neighbo ...
* Philippine Islands * Puerto Rico *
Quita Sueno Bank Keta is a coastal town in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is the capital of the Keta Municipal District. Keta was an important trading post between the 14th and the late 20th centuries. The town attracted the interest of the Danish, because they f ...
* Roncador Bank *
Serrana Bank Serrana Bank is a Colombian-administered atoll in the western Caribbean Sea. It is a mostly underwater reef about 50 km long and 13 km wide and has six cays, or islets, the largest of which is Southwest Cay. Geography The cays from ...
* Serranilla Bank * Swan Islands * , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Eastern Republic of Uruguay Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


V

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Vatican City State Widely recognized independent state. Vatican City is administered by the Holy See. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – United States of Venezuela Widely-recognized independent state.
LON Lon or LON may refer to: People * Lon (photographer), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" * Lon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Fictional characters * Lon Cohen, a character in the Ne ...
founding member state from January 10, 1920. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


Y

, - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Yemen – Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen Widely-recognized independent state. , - , colspan=2, ----


States claiming sovereignty

, - , valign=top, Alash – Alash Autonomy Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top,
Ararat Ararat or in Western Armenian Ararad may refer to: Personal names * Ararat ( hy, Արարատ), a common first name for Armenian males (pronounced Ararad in Western Armenian) * Ararat or Araratian, a common family name for Armenians (pronounced A ...
– Republic of Ararat Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Armenia, Mountainous Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top,
Azadistan Azadistan ( fa, آزادستان, Āzādestān, lit=The Land of Freedom), was a short-lived state in Iranian Azerbaijan that lasted from the early 1920 until September 1920. It was established by Mohammad Khiabani, an Iranian patriot, who was a ...
Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Baranya–Baja – Serbian–Hungarian Baranya–Baja Republic Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Bottleneck – Free State of Bottleneck
Quasi-state A quasi-state (some times referred to as state-like entity or proto-state) is a political entity that does not represent a fully institutionalised or autonomous sovereign state. The precise definition of ''quasi-state'' in political literature f ...
. Unoccupied territory within post-World War I Germany. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top,
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 ...
* Bukharan People's Soviet Republic * Bukharan Socialist Soviet Republic Soviet state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Byelorussia – Byelorussian Socialist Soviet Republic Soviet state. Became part of the Soviet Union from December 30, 1922. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top,
Carnaro The Kvarner Gulf (, or , la, Sinus Flanaticus or ), sometimes also Kvarner Bay, is a bay in the northern Adriatic Sea, located between the Istrian peninsula and the northern Croatian Littoral mainland. The bay is a part of Croatia's internal wat ...
– Italian Regency of Carnaro Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Central Lithuania – Republic of Central Lithuania Puppet state of the
Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...
. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Don – Don Republic Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top,
Puppet state/ Buffer state of Soviet Russia. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top,
Galicia Galicia may refer to: Geographic regions * Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain ** Gallaecia, a Roman province ** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia ** The medieval King ...
– Galician Socialist Soviet Republic Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Gilan – Persian Socialist Soviet Republic Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Ireland – Irish Republic Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Karelia *
Karelian United Government The Karelian United Government (Karjalan keskushallitus) was a short-lived state that existed from 1920 to 1923, as a merger of the Republic of Uhtua and the Olonets Government of Southern Karelia."Russian Civil War Polities" www.worldstatesmen.or ...
* Republic of Eastern Karelia Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top,
Khorasan Khorasan may refer to: * Greater Khorasan, a historical region which lies mostly in modern-day northern/northwestern Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan * Khorasan Province, a pre-2004 province of Ira ...
– Autonomous Government of Khorasan Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top,
Khorezm Khwarazm (; Old Persian: ''Hwârazmiya''; fa, خوارزم, ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the ...
* Khorezm People's Soviet Republic * Khorezm Socialist Soviet Republic Soviet state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Korea, Provisional Government of – Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
Partially recognized Korean government-in-exile. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Kuban People's Republic Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Kurdistan – Kingdom of Kurdistan Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, – Labin Republic Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Leitha – Banate of Leitha Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top,
Lemko Republic Lemko-Rusyn People's Republic ( rue, Руска Народна Република Лемків, Ruska Narodna Respublika Lemkiv , Rusyn National Republic of Lemkos), often known also as the Lemko-Rusyn Republic, just the Lemko Republic, or the ...
– Lemko-Rusyn People's Republic Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top,
Mirdita Mirdita is a region of northern Albania whose territory is synonymous with the historic Albanian tribe of the same name. Etymology The name Mirdita derives from a legendary ancestor named Mir Diti from whom the tribe claims descent. Other ...
– Republic of Mirdita Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → → Mongolia
Capital: '' Niislel Khüree'' (renamed ''Ulaanbaatar'' in 1924) *
Bogd Khanate of Mongolia The Bogd Khanate of Mongolia ( mn, , Богд хаант Монгол Улс; ) was the government of Outer Mongolia between 1911 and 1919 and again from 1921 to 1924. By the spring of 1911, some prominent Mongol nobles including Prince Tögs ...
* Mongolian People's Government * Mongolian People's Republic Partially recognized socialist republic. Under Soviet intervention from 1921 to 1924. Satellite state of the Soviet Union from November 26, 1924. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, North Ingria – Republic of North Ingria Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Rhineland – Rhenish Republic Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Rif – Confederal Republic of the Tribes of the Rif Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top,
Southern Karelia Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, M ...
– Olonets Government of Southern Karelia Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top,
Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
– Arab Kingdom of Syria ''De facto'' independent state not recognized by any other state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, → Tannu Tuva * People's Republic of Tannu Tuva * Tuvan People's Republic Partially recognized socialist republic. Satellite state of the Soviet Union. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Uhtua – Republic of Uhtua Unrecognized state. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , valign=top, Ukraine, Soviet – Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic Soviet proto-state. Became part of the Soviet Union from December 30, 1922. , - , colspan=2, ---- , - , colspan=3,


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