Countries with No U.S. Foreign Relations

Nice one! This one is pretty hard though.

Surely, the United States doesn't have foreign relations with the United States?

You're a genius :D

Quizmaster, listen to the people! 5/26 comments on this quiz are already for adding the US as an answer. That's almost 20%, which is a pretty big demographic if you ask me.

Not gonna lie, I tried it as a desperate guess when I was stumped thinking of the last two.

Surprised to see Bhutan, Taiwan is pretty understandable

Taiwan's not understandable - it only broke relations off after China threatened a big tantrum if it didn't. That shouldn't be a reason to turn your back on your friends.

...which is understandable.

well looks like we broke Taiwanese non-relations, and Bhutan isn't a surprise since they only have relations with surrounding nations and the EU for the most part.

@Szatan - what a very French outlook! 'La France n'a pas d’amis. Elle n'a que des intérêts'...

Surprised Yemen isn't on this list.

Does Iran still make the list?

Yeah, especially since Obama payed Iran $400 million in US hostages.

Great quiz. Not too hard if you think about it. Though Bhutan came out of the blue, for me at least.

I got all but Bhutan in about 5 seconds, then was completely stuck.

The United States definitely has foreign relations with Taiwan. They just do so under a cover of a thin legal pretense that allows us to claim that we don't. The caveat to this quiz should say "No official US foreign relations." I bet the percentage of people who guess Taiwan would jump up significantly. The Wikipedia article describes the unofficial relations fairly well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan%E2%80%93United_States_relations

We sell Taiwan tons of military equipment and congress has enacted numerous laws including the "Taiwan Relations Act Affirmation." Taiwan maintains an official representation in Washington (just don't call it an embassy). I would say all of that counts as having relations.

That's my point. They quiz should say, at least in the caveat that the standard is not having an embassy.

The US surely dont have any diplomatic relations with palestine?

The US not having relations with Palestine is one of the biggest hurdles keeping them from UN recognition, so it's kind of a catch-22. However, the most important issue facing Palestine is really Jetpunk recognition.

It's next on the agenda, right after we agree on which continent Cyprus belongs to.

If this was Facebook, I would have liked jamesd and DeusCaritasEst's comments.

How do you strike a nuclear deal with Iran without foreign relations?

What about the Iran deal?

Only got Iran & North Korea

would have never guessed Bhutan

Taiwan certainly has a very healthy relationship. Just not officially. And up until recently no president has been stupid enough to question why that was.

Bhutan and North Korea were my first guesses! Got all but Taiwan.

"While the U.S. has no formal diplomatic relations with Bhutan, it maintains informal contact through its embassy in New Delhi." Pretty much saying that the US doesn't have an embassy there.

The US has no embassy in 25 countries. Mostly small ones whose relations are handled through US embassies in bigger countries nearby.

I am quite surprised with the U.S. not having any relations with Bhutan.

According to the source, Taiwan is shown as a disputed area, not a country without diplomatic relations.

I knew iran, north korea and bhutan, took me a bit of time to get Taiwan and surprislingy syria

Gotta update for Venezuela.

Well that didn't age well

The U.S. not formally recognizing Taiwan doesnt mean that relations dont exist

The source map now shows Taiwan as a country with US relations. The article mentions the 2018 Taiwan Travel Act "formalizing high-level communications between Washington and Taipei as well as permitting intergovernmental contact at the highest level."