Partially Recognized Countries

interesting quizz,saddly done only 9:((( miss china and taiwan

How about accepting Palestinia as a spelling?

Palestina is the original Roman spelling (cognate of Philistines, renamed from Judea, meant to insult the Jews who lived there and had rebelled against Roman authority by linking the province to the Biblical enemies of David), but I don't think it has ever been spelled -nia.

I always wondered why Kosovo is accepted as a Jetpunk country but not Palestine, given that the latter is recognized by many more countries and has a higher status in the UN now. I mean, I get it is controversial, and may annoy some people, but by that logic, having Kosovo in might annoy several Serbs and Russians, the same way including Israel and not Palestine as well annoys many Arabs. No one is asking for Israel to be removed, only fair treatment to partially recognized countries.

"No one is asking for Israel to be removed." Well, sadly, Earth would be a much better place if that statement was true.

Wow that was difficult - but interesting!

Seconded!

Got Cyprus, forgot Northern Cyprus, damn

Yeah, about that - if Northern Cyprus is named specific, shouldn't Southern Cyprus rather be the answer to the other one? I thought since 'Cyprus' was one answer, that it would count for the entire island, so didn't think of naming just one part of it separately. That'd be like saying all of Spain is accepted by all countries, but Catalonia is not.

It´s not Southern Cyprus because the state is simply called Cyprus and is supposed to include the entire island, there are even seats in the parliament for the turkish minority still vacant. That´s why the northern pseudo-state is called "Turkish Republic". Cyprus is even a full EU member, only reason this is an issue still is due to Europe been afraid to challenge turkish ambitions.

Apparently I can't spell Palestine. This was a delightfully difficult quiz.

I had a version of this, just not as good. Good Job dude.

Easily done.

Some of the answers seem finicky. For example, for #13 I typed in "TRNC". When that didn't work I spelled it out: "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus", which also didn't work. I eventually got it, but it consumed way more time than it should have.

You typed out 'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus'........ yeah right!

Kinda expected Tibet to be here. Or are there like no countries today accepting them as their own country?

This quiz made me feel like an idiot.

This is silly- just because a country doesn't like another country or has a disagreement that country stops existing? Children...

It's not about "not existing"; it's about whether the government of one nation recognizes the government of another nation as legitimate. Very complicated in some cases, but not surprising. Seems like in most of these cases they are portions of an existing country that is looking to become independent, and that of course causes people to take sides ("is it legitimate or not?").

So one should recognize both mainland China and Taiwan even though they claim the same territory?

Armenia?

@HBK97 Recent estimates state Pakistan only has about 20 more than India. The actual amount is minor though compared to the 4000+ the US has.

Gotta love how such unstable countries have the ability to wipe us all out though. Then again you have Trump and Putin controlling the largest arsenals on the planet. SO reassuring

A bit of an odd selection of countries who recognise South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Why those 4 in particular?

Abkhazia and South Ossetia are both regions of Georgia that were invaded by Russia in 2008. Similar to Crimea, Eastern Ukraine, and Transnistria, these places have an ethnic Russian population and are propped up by the Russian Federation. The other countries that recognize the first two are aligned with or were seeking to curry favor with Russia. Nauru reportedly got $50 million dollars for it; not a bad deal.

What about those new Ukrainian countries, Crimea and what was the other one called?

I'm confused as to why China is on this list. I understand that countries that recognize Taiwan don't recognize China's claim to the island, but they are not suggesting that China itself is not a sovereign nation are they?

Depends who you ask. Taiwanese nationalism has grown considerably - that is to say, there is support for recognising the reality and declaring an independent Taiwan (as opposed to continuing to claim Taiwan for the Republic of China). Of course the People's Republic of China would be upset about either the Republic of China or a hypothetical Republic of Taiwan claiming Taiwan, since either way such an entity disputes its claim. At times there has been a stronger undercurrent of sympathy towards Taiwan reuniting with the PRC on the model of HK, but Beijing's continual interference with HK's politics has largely killed that notion in the crib.

The official position of both the People's Republic of China (China) and the Republic of China (Taiwan) is that they should have full sovereignty over all of mainland China and Taiwan. The government of Taiwan was chased off the mainland by Chairman Mao.

Pakistan not recognising Armenia seems plain weird.

Pakistan does not recognise Armenia due to the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, in which Pakistan supports Azerbaijan.

I only typed in Armenia because I thought it might be the country that Turkey doesn't recognize (figured out later that it was Cyprus).

Me too, and I'm from Pakistan!

Nope, not protectorates but countries. They should be in the Countries of the World quiz. I say this as a New Zealander, and every New Zealander knows they are going to an overseas country when they fly to Niue or the Cook Islands.

Wikipedia: Niue is a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand; and New Zealand conducts most diplomatic relations on its behalf. Niueans are citizens of New Zealand, and Queen Elizabeth II is head of state in her capacity as Queen of New Zealand. Between 90% and 95% of Niuean people live in New Zealand.

@Quizmaster you just made my day XD

Unsurprisingly, I did poorly on countries not recognized by Jetpunk (though I did recognize most of the names once they appeared).

The Cook Islands?

Great idea!

I kept spelling Transnistria as Transinistra. Why is it so hard to spell?!?!

Wait....why isn't Transnistria on the quiz now? It was the first one I guessed because I had made a Transnistria Quiz.

What about Imaginationland?

Try you speed out with Shakespeare here it is

Could be more hint, with flags, or continent at least. Though good quiz.

check this out: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/319978/country-recognition

western sahara is only the region! the country is sahrawi, pls change that, you can still accept western sahara, but that should not be the answer that is seen

second that

Absolutely. Palestine has a higher place in the UN than both Kosovo and Taiwan. If those two are countries, then so is Palestine.

I got South Ossetia and Abkhazia yet I missed South Korea. Wow.

how do you include spelling variations

Most Jetpunk members are from Taiwan or Kosovo, that explains it. I myself am Kosovar, ask me anything about Kosovo.

How about adding Transnistria and Artsakh? I know that they are not recognized by any countries, but they are recognized by other partially recognized states, including ones on this list.

Pakistan is not recognized by Armenia

There are now only 30 countries that don't recognize Israel, now that Bahrain and the UAE do.

"Thirty UN member states do not recognize Israel and these include 16 of the 22 members of the Arab League: Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen. A further ten are members of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Pakistan. The other countries that do not recognise Israel are Bhutan, Cuba, North Korea and Venezuela." ~ Wikipedia