Annex to the list of countries

In this annex to the list of countries, an outline is given on the entities not included in that list.

Entities not included

• Confederations and international / intergovernmental organizations which are associations of countries.

• Sovereign entities without territorial possessions, all permanent observers of the United Nations:
  • Template:Country data Holy See, a unique sovereign entity under international law vis-à-vis Vatican City with the Pope as the head of both, maintaining diplomatic/official relations with over 170 states/entities and participating in various international organizations either in its own capacity or on behalf of Vatican City.
  • Template:Country data SMOM Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), a sovereign entity under international law that maintains diplomatic/official relations with over 100 states/entities and participating in various international organizations.
  • International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an independent non-state entity under international law which maintains delegations worldwide, founding body of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and guardian of international humanitarian law in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.
• Mount Athos (Regime of Aghion Oros or Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain), a monastic republic in Greece politically self-governed by the international Holy Community of the Orthodox Church residing there and spiritually under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch in accordance with the constitution of Greece.
• Entities considered integral part of other countries:
  • Component states of federations and confederations, unless these component states are de jure independent.
  • Constituent countries of the United Kingdom.
  • Substate units of federacies that enjoy considerably more independence than the majority of others.
  • Condominiums.
  • Autonomous areas legally part of sovereign states, excluding Åland, which is recognized by international treaties.
  • Special Administrative Regions established within countries, excluding Hong Kong and Macau which are recognized by international treaties.
  • Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in sovereign states with economic laws different from the rest of the states.
  • Areas leased by countries.
  • Enclaves / Exclaves that belong to one country but are not connected to it by land (islands are not included) and are surrounded by other countries.
  • Overseas regions of countries legally integrated into the country.
  • Other subnational entities of countries.

• Dependent territories without indigenous inhabitation:
  • Australia: Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Coral Sea Islands and Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
  • France: Clipperton Island and Template:Country data French Southern and Antarctic Lands (excluding the French claim of Adélie Land in Antarctica).
  • Norway: Bouvet Island.
  • United Kingdom: Template:Country data British Indian Ocean Territory and Template:Country data South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
  • United States: Navassa Island, United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges and Wake Island.

• Places where extraterritoriality is applied such as embassies, consulates and military bases of foreign countries, and most notably:
  • Template:Country data United Nations United Nations headquarters at New York which is an international zone governed under its own rules.
  • The SMOM headquarters at Rome.
  • The ICRC headquarters at Geneva.
  • The specified Properties of the Holy See in Italy.
  • Pavillon de Breteuil in France used by the General Conference on Weights and Measures.
  • Guantanamo Bay, a territory of Cuba under the permanent control (with no claim of sovereignty) of the United States which pays rent under terms of treaties with Cuba.

• International waters, international seabed area and outerspace that are open to all countries.

• Territorial claims of sovereign states to Template:Country data Antarctica Antarctica and its outlying islands south of 60°S which are held in abeyance under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty:
  • Argentina: Argentine Antarctica (25°W to 74°W, overlapping British and Chilean claims).
  • Australia: Australian Antarctic Territory (160°E to 142°02' E and 136°11' E to 44°38' E).
  • Chile: Antártica Chilena Province (53°W to 90°W, overlapping Argentine and British Claims).
  • France: Template:Country data French Southern and Antarctic Lands Adélie Land (142°02' E to 136°'11 E)
  • New Zealand: Ross Dependency (150°W to 160°E).
  • Norway: Queen Maud Land (44°38' E to 20°W) and Peter I Island (at 68°50' S, 90°35'W).
  • United Kingdom: Template:Country data British Antarctic Territory (20°W to 80°W, overlapping Argentine and Chilean claims).
  • (No formal claims have been made in the sector between 90°W and 150°W, except for the Norway's claim to Peter I Island.)
  • Brazil's Zone of Interest: Brazilian Antarctica (28°W to 53°W, overlapping Argentine and British claims, informal claim).

• Territorial claims to the Arctic made by sovereign states which are all members of the Arctic Council.

• Various disputed or occupied territories, see the List of territorial disputes.

• Demilitarized or neutral zones between two warring countries (the two sides of the demarcation line in the zones are considered parts of the respective warring countries, with the exception of the neutral ground between Gibraltar and Spain which does not belong to either country.

• Places under the control of UN Peacekeeping Missions (except Kosovo currently under UN interim civilian administration).

• Places under the control of secessionist or guerrilla movements.

• Entities not claiming sovereignty with de facto control over their territory.

• Governments in exile.

• Surviving monarchs and pretenders of abolished monarchies.

• Subnational traditional monarchies, tribes and indigenous peoples, with their heads holding traditional (mostly ceremonial) roles and/or exercising limited jurisdiction.

• Nations without their own states, many of which are members of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO).

• Self-proclaimed micronations that are not recognized internationally, see the List of micronations.

• Extinct political entities.

• All forms of land claims, including claims to the so-called terra nullius.

• Organizations that attempt to establish a world government.

• Anarchist movements and communities.

• Pirate utopias.

• Places under the control of terrorist organizations.

• Fictional, imaginary and proposed countries as well as space and ocean colonization projects and extraterrestrial real estate that do not exist in the real world.