Territories and Unrecognised States of Europe on a Map
Europe is a continent of 45 to 50 countries, depending on your definition. However, there exists a number of lesser remembered regions on the continent, both in the form of unrecognised, yet autonomous nations and also dependent territories recognised to be a part of a larger sovereign European state. These regions are home to diverse lands, cultures and people, can you name them all?
Cyprus is geographically located in Asia, however politically European, and seeing as this quiz is on political definitions I am including the island as European
Micronations have no form of autonomy in practice (certainly not to the level of Transnistria for example), and Liberland in particular doesn't have any population either. Liberland is unique among micronations in that the land it occupies could be said to be unclaimed territory, however the claims on it have essentially no value just like the other micronations.
It is. The region has a level of autonomy given to it as part of the Good Friday Agreement. Although fully integrated with the rest of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland has its differences from the other countries of the UK due to the delicate political situation. In fact, Northern Ireland is not officially a country, in fact, and may be called a region, province, or anything you like.
Correct but interesting call on Northern Ireland. You're more observant than the average English person voting for Brexit. I was in Belfast this summer - as an urban Canadian, the tribal nationalism from neighbourhood to neighbourhood was bizarre.
Trust me the call was on Wikipedia, because I was not terribly well versed on the political situation before! However after reading about the powers allotted to Northern Ireland it makes a lot of sense to include it on this quiz.
It is a very unique situation indeed, and I'd be curious to see how things have changed since the Good Friday Agreement a quarter of a century ago.
Northern Ireland should not be here. It is a component nation of the UK with autonomy similar to Scotland and Wales - possibly wider in scope than either of them but also narrower because it can as now be repatriated to Westminster when the local parties do not agree. If it is not going to continue in the UK then its only other likely status is being part of the Republic of Ireland, possibly in a similarly loose arrangement. Independence is not on the cards whatever happens ...
My source article defines Northern Ireland as an area of special sovereignty: The following places are considered integral parts of their sovereign state, but have a political arrangement that was decided through an international agreement (i.e. the Good Friday Agreement).
Therefore it's different from the class of unrecognised state, as Northern Ireland does not claim nor aspire to be independent, or dependent territory.
But... uh.... Cyprus is in Asia!But CYPRUS IN AISAIt is a very unique situation indeed, and I'd be curious to see how things have changed since the Good Friday Agreement a quarter of a century ago.
Therefore it's different from the class of unrecognised state, as Northern Ireland does not claim nor aspire to be independent, or dependent territory.