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RELATED LINKS The Constitution: some links to separatist movements sites New Country Project contains a list of Micro-nations: small territories with some independentist projects. List of active autonomist and secessionist movements is a Wikipedia document with links. INTRODUCTION New Countries shows the possibility of some territories being converted into independent countries. It shows a short term possibility to become independent (up to 10 years) and a long term possibility (in the future). The long term possibility includes the short term one: it means it is the combination of the st% and the lt%, so the lt% is always at least as high as the st%. Keep in mind this is my point of view. It is the result of my study of these territories. The rank does NOT reflect in any way any preference or bias of the editor toward the status of the territory. You can also see the list of the countries which can join or be integrated into another country. As this site, it shows the short st% and the lt% of some countries to disappear in the future. To see the statistics CLICK HERE
Last update 10/11/12:
ST%=Short Term Possibilities LT%=Long Term Possibilities
TERRITORY CURRENT SOVEREIGNTY ST% LT%
PALESTINE \ ISRAEL 55 90
JUDEA ISRAEL 2 5
NORTHERN CYPRUS CYPRUS 30 45
KOSOVO * SERBIA/UNITED NATION 85 + 98 +
VOJVODINA SERBIA 1 15 -
SANDZAK ( SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 1 10
KOTOR BAY MONTENEGRO 1 2
ULCINJ MONTENEGRO 1 2
SRPSKA REPUBLIC / BOSNIA AND HERZEGOV. 35 + 40 +
WESTERN BOSNIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOV. 1 2
BRCKO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOV. 1 2
NORTHERN EPIRUS ALBANIA 1 - 5 -
ILLYRIA REPUBLIC ALBANIA/MACEDONIA 1 - 2 -
ISTRIA CROATIA 1 10 -
DALMATIA CROATIA 1 10 -
KRAJINA CROATIA 1 10 -
SZEKLER (EAST TR.)ROMANIA 1 15
SUDETENLAND CZECH REPUBLIC 1 2
MORAVIA/SILESIA CZECH REPUBLIC 1 2
RUSYN SLOVAKIA 1 2
KASHUBIA POLAND 1 1
SLASKA POLAND 1 1
SAMOGITIA LITHUANIA 1 2
LIVONIA LATVIA 1 2
LATGALIA LATVIA 1 2
SAMILAND/LAPPLAND NOR.-SWED.-RUS.-FIN. 1 2
SVALBARD NORWAY 1 5
SCANIA SWEDEN 1 1
TORNEDALIA FINLAND/SWEDEN 1 1
ALAND @ FINLAND 1 10
FAEROE ISLANDS DENMARK 5 35 +
GREENLAND DENMARK 30 + 55 +
BORNHOLM ISLAND DENMARK 1 2
BAVARIA GERMANY 1 2
CHAGOS ISLANDS UNITED KINGDOM 5 - 45 -
SAINT HELENA UNITED KINGDOM 1 10
ANGUILLA UNITED KINGDOM 1 35
MONTSERRAT UNITED KINGDOM 1 25
BERMUDA UNITED KINGDOM 1 35
UK VIRGIN ISLANDS UNITED KINGDOM 1 30
CAYMAN ISLANDS UNITED KINGDOM 1 30
TURKS AND CAICOS**UNITED KINGDOM 5 40 +
ISLE OF MAN UNITED KINGDOM 1 30
CHANNEL ISLANDS UNITED KINGDOM 2 + 30
JERSEY UNITED KINGDOM 5 + 25
GUERNSEY UNITED KINGDOM 2 10
WALES UNITED KINGDOM 2 + 30 +
SCOTLAND UNITED KINGDOM 15 40
NORTHERN IRELAND )UNITED KINGDOM 5 40 +
YORKSHIRE UNITED KINGDOM 1 2
ORKNEY UNITED KINGDOM 1 5
SHETLAND UNITED KINGDOM 1 5
CORNWALL UNITED KINGDOM 1 5
GIBRALTAR *** UNITED KINGDOM 2 30
FALKLAND ISL.**** UNITED KINGDOM 1 15
SEALAND UNITED KINGDOM 1 1
ARUBA NETHERLANDS 5 35
CURACAO NETHERLANDS 5 35
SINT MAARTEN NETHERLANDS 5 30
SINT EUSTATIUS NETHERLANDS 2 20
BONAIRE NETHERLANDS 2 15
SABA NETHERLANDS 2 15
FRYSLAN NETHERLANDS 1 5
GENEVA SWITZERLAND 1 1
JURA SWITZERLAND 1 1
TICINO SWITZERLAND 1 1
FLANDERS , BELGIUM 10 + 40 +
MARTINIQUE FRANCE 2 40
GUADELOUPE FRANCE 2 40
SAINT BARTHELEMY ~FRANCE 2 25
SAINT MARTIN ~ FRANCE 2 25
FRENCH GUIANA FRANCE 2 40
NEW CALEDONIA FRANCE 30 65 +
FRENCH POLYNESIA FRANCE 20 50 +
MARQUESAS ISL. FRANCE 5 30
WALLIS AND FUTUNA FRANCE 10 + 50 +
ST PIERRE AND MIQ.FRANCE 1 20
REUNION FRANCE 2 30
MAYOTTE ***** FRANCE 2 - 30
BRITTANY FRANCE 1 5
CORSICA FRANCE 1 10
ALSACE FRANCE 1 5
SAVOIE FRANCE 1 5
OCCITANIA FRANCE 1 2
LORRAINE FRANCE 1 2
BOURGOGNE FRANCE 1 2
NICE FRANCE 1 2
BASQUE COUNTRY SPAIN/FRANCE 5 40
NAVARRA ****** SPAIN 1 5
CATALONIA ] SPAIN 20 + 50 +
GALICIA SPAIN 1 10
CANARY ISLANDS SPAIN 1 10
ANDALUCIA SPAIN 1 5
VALENCIA $ SPAIN 1 5
ARAGON SPAIN 1 1
ASTURIAS SPAIN 1 1
LEON SPAIN 1 1
BALEARES $ SPAIN 1 5
AZORES PORTUGAL 1 5
MADEIRA PORTUGAL 1 10
ROMANDIE SWITZERLAND 1 1
PADANIA ITALY 1 2
SARDINIA ITALY 1 5
SICILY ITALY 1 5
AUSONIA ITALY 1 1
AOSTA VALLEY ITALY 1 5
SOUTH TYROL ITALY 1 5
LOMBARDIA ITALY 1 1
FRIULI-VENETO ITALY 1 1
CAMPIONE - ITALY 1 5
LIGURIA ITALY 1 1
GREEK MACEDONIA GREECE 1 5
CHAMERIA GREECE 1 1
CRETE GREECE 1 1
MOUNT ATHOS GREECE 1 1
TRANSNISTRIA # MOLDOVA 30 40 -
GAGAUZIA MOLDOVA 2 - 10
CRIMEA # UKRAINE 10 35
DONETSK # UKRAINE 10 35
CARPATH. RUTHENIA UKRAINE 1 10
CHECHNYA RUSSIA 10 - 55
DAGESTAN RUSSIA 5 40
TATARSTAN RUSSIA 5 40 +
UDMURTIA RUSSIA 1 10
BASHKORTOSTAN RUSSIA 2 20 +
KALININGRAD RUSSIA 2 30
INGUSHETIA RUSSIA 5 35 +
BALKARIA REP. RUSSIA 2 15
KABARDIN REP. RUSSIA 2 15
KARACHAI REP. RUSSIA 2 15
CHERKESSIA REP. RUSSIA 2 15
NORTHERN OSSETIA RUSSIA 2 20 +
ADYGEYA RUSSIA 2 15
CAUCASIAN EMIRATE RUSSIA 1 15
STAVROPOL RUSSIA 1 10
KALMIKYA REP. RUSSIA 1 10
INGRIA { RUSSIA 1 10
KARELIA { RUSSIA 1 10
EASTERN SIBERIA RUSSIA 2 30
TUVA REPUBLIC RUSSIA 1 10
MARY EL RUSSIA 2 20
YAKUTIA RUSSIA 1 20
CHUKOTKA RUSSIA 1 20
SAKHALIN RUSSIA 1 20
PRIMOSKI RUSSIA 1 20
KAMCHATKA RUSSIA 1 15
MAGADAN RUSSIA 1 15
CHUVASHIA RUSSIA 1 5
KOMI RUSSIA 1 5
ALTAI RUSSIA 1 5
BURYATIA RUSSIA 1 5
KHAKASSIA RUSSIA 1 5
SAKHA REPUBLIC RUSSIA 1 5
NAGORNO KARABAKH AZERBAIJAN 40 + 50
NAKHICHEVAN AZERBAIJAN 10 35
TALYSH-MUGHAN AZERBAIJAN 1 5
LEZGISTAN AZERBAIJAN/RUSSIA 1 2
ABKHAZIA # GEORGIA 40 + 55 +
SOUTH OSSETIA # GEORGIA 35 + 55 +
ADZHARIA GEORGIA 5 25
MINGRELIA GEORGIA 1 10
JAVAKHETI GEORGIA 1 + 10 +
SOUTH. AZERBAIJAN IRAN 1 20
WEST AZERBAIJAN IRAN 1 15
KHUZESTAN IRAN 1 15
SISTAN-BALUCHISTAN IRAN 1 15
GORNO BADAKHSAN TAJIKISTAN 2 25
KARAKALPAKSTAN UZBEKISTAN 2 25
SOKH ****** UZBEKISTAN 2 15
HATAY TURKEY 1 5
KURDISTAN IRAQ/TURKEY/SYRIA/IRAN5 45
JABAL AD DURUZ SYRIA 1 5
ALAWITE STATE SYRIA 2 + 5 +
MOUNT LEBANON LEBANON 1 15
IRAQI KURDISTAN IRAQ 25 50
SHIIS STATE IRAQ 15 40
TURKMENELI IRAQ 1 5
SALAHUDDIN IRAQ 1 10
DIYALA IRAQ 1 5
ASSYRIA IRAQ/SYRIA 1 10
HAWAR ISLANDS BAHRAIN 1 5
DUBAI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 15
SHARJAH UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 25
MUSCAT OMAN 1 15
DHOFAR OMAN 1 15
SOUTH YEMEN YEMEN 30 + 40 +
SOCOTRA YEMEN 1 20
ZAYDI SHIA YEMEN 2 15
HADHRAMAUT YEMEN 1 5
OKINAWA-RYUKUS IS.JAPAN 1 10
HOKKAIDO JAPAN 1 2
AINU REPUBLIC JAPAN 1 1
CHEJU-DO SOUTH KOREA 1 2
TAMIL STATE SRI LANKA 2 - 20
HAZARAJAT AFGHANISTAN 2 15
KANDAHAR AFGHANISTAN 2 15
NANGAHAR AFGHANISTAN 1 10
HERAT AFGHANISTAN 1 15
BADAKHSHAN AFGHANISTAN 1 15
PASHTOONISTAN AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN 2 25
BALOCHISTAN PAKISTAN 5 - 30
SINDH PAKISTAN 5 - 25
BALAWARISTAN PAKISTAN 5 - 30
HUNZA-BROOSHAL PAKISTAN 5 - 25
WAZIRISTAN PAKISTAN 5 - 25
JINNAHPUR PAKISTAN 1 2
GILGIT-BALTISTAN PAKISTAN 1 5
KASHMIR INDIA/PAKISTAN 5 35
ASSAM ^ INDIA 2 25
SIKKIM < INDIA 2 20 -
MEGHALAYA ^ INDIA 1 15
MANIPUR ^ INDIA 2 20
PUNJAB (KHALISTAN)INDIA 2 10
MIZORAM INDIA 2 10
TAMIL NADU INDIA 2 10
TRIPURA ^ INDIA 2 - 10
ARUNACHAL PRADESH INDIA 1 10
WEST BENGAL ^ INDIA 1 10
KERALA INDIA 1 10
ANDAMAN-NICOBAR I.INDIA 1 20
LAKSHADWEEP ISL. INDIA 1 10
BODOLAND INDIA 1 5
GOA INDIA 1 5
GORKHALAND INDIA 1 5
NAGALAND ^ INDIA/MYANMAR 2 - 20 -
ZOGAM INDIA/BANGL./MYANMAR 1 5
BANGABHUMI BANGLADESH 2 20
CHAKMA(CHIT.HILLS)BANGLADESH 2 20
SUVADIVES MALDIVES 1 15
MAHADHESI (TERAI) NEPAL 2 + 15 +
TAIWAN > CHINA 2 50
TIBET CHINA 1 40
XINJIANG (UIGHUR) CHINA 1 40
INNER MONGOLIA CHINA 1 20
MANCHURIA CHINA 1 10
GUANGXI CHINA 1 10
HONG KONG CHINA 1 20
MACAO CHINA 1 15
LADAKH CHINA/PAKISTAN 1 5
HMONG STATE LAOS/THAILAND/VIETNAM 1 5
SOUTH VIETNAM VIETNAM 1 2
KAMPUCHEA KROM VIETNAM 1 1
TAY NGUYEN (DEGAR)VIETNAM 1 2
KAYIN (KAREN)STATEMYANMAR 2 - 25
MON STATE MYANMAR 2 10
SHAN STATE MYANMAR 2 - 30 -
WA STATE MYANMAR 2 - 30
CHIN STATE MYANMAR 2 25
KACHIN STATE MYANMAR 5 30
RAKHINE (ARAKAN) MYANMAR 2 - 20
KOKANG MYANMAR 2 - 15
PANGWAUM MYANMAR 1 10
NAMPAN MYANMAR 1 10
KUKILAND MYANMAR 1 10
ZOMI MYANMAR 1 10
SOUTH MUSLIM THAI.THAILAND 1 15
SARAWAK MALAYSIA 1 25
SABAH MALAYSIA 1 25
SULU SULTANATE PHILIPPINES/MALAYSIA 1 5
MINDANAO ; PHILIPPINES 5 35
CORDILLERA PHILIPPINES 1 15
ACEH INDONESIA 5 - 40 -
WEST PAPUA INDONESIA 15 + 50
WEST TIMOR INDONESIA 2 25
RIAU INDONESIA 1 15
AMBON (SO.MALUKU) INDONESIA 2 25
EAST KALIMANTAN INDONESIA 2 20
SULAWESI INDONESIA 2 20
BOUGAINVILLE PAPUA NEW GUINEA 50 60
MILNE BAY PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2 + 15 +
HELA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2 + 25 +
BISMARK ISLANDS PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1 15
MALAITA SOLOMON ISLANDS 5 - 35
RENNELL & BELLONA SOLOMON ISLANDS 2 20
OTONG JAVA SOLOMON ISLANDS 2 25
ROTUMA ISLAND FIJI 1 25
POHNPEI MICRONESIA 2 25
YAP ISLANDS MICRONESIA 2 25 +
TRUK ISLANDS MICRONESIA 2 20
HALL ISLANDS MICRONESIA 2 20
E.SANTO (VEMERANA)VANUATU 2 25
MALAKULA VANUATU 2 20
TANNA (TAFEA) VANUATU 2 20
NA GRIAMEL VANUATU 1 10
BANABA KIRIBATI 2 20
PHOENIX ISLANDS KIRIBATI 2 20
EASTERN ISLANDS KIRIBATI 2 20
RALIK ISLANDS MARSHALL ISLANDS 1 15
CHRISTMAS ISLAND AUSTRALIA 1 10
NORFOLK ISLAND AUSTRALIA 1 15
COCOS ISLAND AUSTRALIA 1 5
WESTERN AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA 1 1
NIUE NEW ZEALAND 1 25
COOK ISLANDS NEW ZEALAND 2 40
TOKELAU NEW ZEALAND 5 - 40
CHATAM ISLANDS NEW ZEALAND 1 2
SOUTH ISLAND NEW ZEALAND 1 2
QUEBEC CANADA 25 45
NEWFOUNDLAND CANADA 1 5
ALBERTA CANADA 1 5
WESTERN CANADA CANADA 1 5
BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA 1 5
SASKATCHEWAN CANADA 1 2
CAPE BRETON ISL. CANADA 1 2
PUERTO RICO UNITED STATES 2 - 25 -
NORTHERN MARIANAS UNITED STATES 15 - 50
AMERICAN SAMOA | UNITED STATES 10 40 +
GUAM UNITED STATES 5 40
US VIRGIN ISLANDS UNITED STATES 1 25
TEXAS UNITED STATES 1 2
CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES 1 2
NEW MEXICO UNITED STATES 1 2
ARIZONA UNITED STATES 1 2
FLORIDA UNITED STATES 1 2
HAWAII UNITED STATES 1 5
ALASKA UNITED STATES 1 15
VERMONT UNITED STATES 1 1
MINNESOTA UNITED STATES 1 1
NEW ENGLAND UNITED STATES 1 1
SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED STATES 1 1
SOUTHERN STATES UNITED STATES 1 2
NEW YORK STATE UNITED STATES 1 1
SIOUX LAKOTA UNITED STATES 1 2
IROQUOIS (HAUDENOSAUNEE)U.STATES 1 2
OJIBWAY UNITED STATES 1 2
NAVAJO (NA-DENE) UNITED STATES 1 2
LONG ISLAND UNITED STATES 1 1
KEY WEST UNITED STATES 1 1
CASCADIA UNITED STATES 1 1
SOUTHWEST USA UNITED STATES/MEXICO 1 1
RIO GRANDE-N.LEON:MEXICO 1 10
CHIAPAS MEXICO 1 15
YUCATAN MEXICO 1 10
SOUTHERN STATES : MEXICO 1 5
BAJA CALIFORNIA : MEXICO 1 5
ATLANTIC REGIONS NICAGARUA 1 10
GUANACASTE COSTA RICA 1 5
KUNA PANAMA 1 2
ARTIBONITE HAITI 1 2
BARBUDA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1 5
GRENADINES ST VINCENT AND THE GR.1 10
NEVIS ST KITTS AND NEVIS 20 - 50
TOBAGO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1 10
SAINT ANDRES COLOMBIA 1 15
GUAJIRA [ COLOMBIA 1 5
ZULIA VENEZUELA 1 2
SOUTHERN BRAZIL BRAZIL 1 15
SAO PAULO STATE BRAZIL 1 5
RIO GRANDE BRAZIL 1 2
NORTHEAST BRAZIL BRAZIL 1 2
GUAYAQUIL } ECUADOR 1 10
GUAYAS } ECUADOR 1 10
LORETO PERU 1 5
ANDINE REGIONS PERU 5 20
AREQUIPA PERU 1 5
LOS LLANOS BOLIVIA 15 30
SANTA CRUZ BOLIVIA 20 35
TARIJA BOLIVIA 10 20
BENI BOLIVIA 2 15
PANDO BOLIVIA 2 15
EASTER ISLAND CHILE 10 + 35 +
MAPUCHE NATION CHILE/ARGENTINA 1 2
PATAGONIA ARGENTINA 1 5
WESTERN SAHARA MOROCCO 40 75
KABYLIA(BERBER) ALGERIA 1 10
CYRENAICA LIBYA 25 + 35 +
CASAMANCE SENEGAL 5 - 30
ZANZIBAR TANZANIA 5 - 40
PEMBA TANZANIA 5 - 35
SOMALILAND SOMALIA 50 65
PUNTLAND SOMALIA 25 - 40 -
SOUTHWEST.SOMALIA SOMALIA 10 - 20 -
MAAKHIR SOMALIA 5 15
GALMUDUG SOMALIA 5 15
JUBALAND SOMALIA 5 15
OROMO STATE ETHIOPIA 1 20 -
TIGRAY STATE ETHIOPIA 1 20
GAMBELLA ETHIOPIA 2 20
OGADEN REGION ETHIOPIA 2 - 20
NORTH EASTERN FR. KENYA 1 10
COAST PROVINCE KENYA 2 + 20 +
BUGANDA UGANDA 1 5
BLUE NILE & SUDAN 5 20
ABYEI & SUDAN 1 10
NUBA MOUNTAINS & SUDAN 1 10
SOUTHERN KORDOFAN&SUDAN 2 + 15
KASSALA SUDAN 2 15
BEJA SUDAN 1 10
DARFUR SUDAN 35 + 50 +
EASTERN SUDAN SUDAN 10 + 30 +
NUERLAND SOUTH SUDAN 5 20
LADO SUDAN/UGANDA 1 - 10 -
LOGONE REGION CHAD 1 10
AZAWAD (TUAREG) MALI/NIGER 15 + 30 +
AGADEZ REGION NIGER 1 2
ANJOUAN (NZWANI) COMOROS 25 40
MOHELI (MWALI) COMOROS 10 30
ALDABRA ISLANDS SEYCHELLES 1 15
SOUTHERN CAMEROON CAMEROON 2 40 +
BAKASSI PENINSULA CAMEROON 5 + 25 +
BIAFRA NIGERIA 2 25
OGONI NIGERIA 2 25
HAUSA NIGERIA 2 10
NIGER DELTA NIGERIA 5 + 30 +
YORUBA NIGERIA/BENIN 1 5
DAGBON GHANA 2 20
NORTHERN REGIONS COTE D'IVOIRE 2 - 20
KATANGA CONGO KINSHASA 1 10
KASSAI CONGO KINSHASA 1 10
BUNDU DIA KONGO CONGO KINSHASA 1 10
CENTRAL KONGO CONGO KINSHASA 1 2
REPUBLIC OF KIVU CONGO KINSHASA 1 2
REP.OF EQUATEUR CONGO KINSHASA 1 2
REP. OF BOYOMA CONGO KINSHASA 1 2
GREAT KASAI CONGO KINSHASA 1 2
BATEKE (TIO) CONGO KINSHASA 1 2
BUKAVU CONGO KINSHASA 1 2
BAS CONGO CONGO KINSHASA 1 2
BATWA RWANDA 1 2
PRINCIPE SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 1 10
BIOKO EQUATORIAL GUINEA 5 35
CABINDA ANGOLA 5 - 30 -
REP. OF NDONGO ANGOLA 1 2
UK. LUNDA TCHOKWE ANGOLA 1 2
REP. OF BENGUELA ANGOLA 1 2
CAPRIVI NAMIBIA 5 30
REHOBOTH BASTERS NAMIBIA 1 5
BAROTSELAND ZAMBIA 1 5
MATABELELAND (MTHWAKAZI) ZIMBABWE 2 10
ORANIA SOUTH AFRICA 1 10
WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA 1 10
KWAZULU/NATAL SOUTH AFRICA 1 5
VHAVENDA SOUTH AFRICA 1 2
ABA THEMBU SOUTH AFRICA 1 1
TRANSKEI SOUTH AFRICA 1 2
CISKEI SOUTH AFRICA 1 1
MATABELELAND SOUTH AFRICA 1 1
BOPHUTHATSWANA SOUTH AFRICA 1 1
GAZANKULU SOUTH AFRICA 1 1
KANGWANE SOUTH AFRICA 1 1
KWANDEBELE SOUTH AFRICA 1 1
QWAQWA SOUTH AFRICA 1 1
LEBOWA SOUTH AFRICA 1 1
THEMBULAND SOUTH AFRICA 1 5
AFRIKANERS SOUTH AFRICA 1 5
RODRIGUES ISLAND MAURITIUS 2 20
AGALEGA ISLAND MAURITIUS 2 20
TOLIARA MADAGASCAR 1 2
* There is also the chance of a future merge between Kosovo and Albania.
** A proposal for Turks and Caicos has also been becoming a canadian
oversea province.(it will probably remains a dream).
*** There is also a chance in the long term for Gibraltar to be
integrated into Spain.
**** There is also a chance in the long term for the Falkland to be
integrated into Argentina.
***** There is also the chance of an integration of Mayotte in the
Comoros (little one for now).
****** There is also the chance (considerable) for Sokh to be integrated into Kyrgyzstan
$ There is also a remote chance for Valencia and the Baleares Islands
to join Catalonia as a joint independent country, as for Navarra to
join the Basque Region to form a united independent country.
< There is also a proposal to integrate Sikkim and the southern
Bhutan to Nepal.
> Although Taiwan is a de facto independent country, recognized
by some countries and it is listed, even by the editor himself,
as an independent country, these statistics are meant to give
a rate of its chances
to be recognized by all the countries, including China, and
integrated into the United Nations.
| There is also a slim chance for American Samoa to be
integrated into independent Samoa (former Western Samoa).
\ There are chances of different solutions like two independent
countries: West Bank and Gaza or for Palestine (or West Bank only)
to be integrated into Jordan in a federation.
/ There is also a strong chance for the Sprska Republic to be
integrated into Serbia.
: Rio Grande project includes the states of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and
Tamaulipas, Southern States includes Chiapas, Yucatan, Tabasco,
Campeche and Quintana Roo
; There is also a consistent chance for Mindanao , in case of independence, to
become independent without a part of it where Muslims are not
the majority.
^ Inside these indian states, there are also internal independence
movements like the ones of Karbi Anglong, Khasi, Achik, Meitei,
Reang, Bodo, Kuki, Kamatapur and Rabha.
- There is also the chance for Campione to be integrated into
Switerland.
# There are also chances for these territories to be integrated into
the Russian Federation.
@ There is also the chance of Aland Island to get integrated into
Sweden.
, Belgium is also listed amongst the countries with a chance to disappear. The difference in having a secession
of Flanders from Belgium or a split in two countries where the French speaking part (Wallonia) will
have a different name is mainly in the denomination of the latest. Therefore the country is listed in
both lists with the same chance of short and long term independence.
~ There is also the chance of Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy to
become independent together with Guadeloupe in a unique country.
" Marquesas Islands ma choose to stay with France if the rest of French Polynesia breaks away,
(good chance), or to be independent alone or within French Polynesia (in both cases
it is a smaller chance).
& There is also a chance for Southern Kordofan (low/medium chances), South Blue Nile (medium chances),
Nuba Mountains (medium/high chances) and for Abyei (high chances) to be integrated into
the future independent country of South Sudan.
[ There is also a slim chance for Guajira to be come part of Venezuela
] There is also a much smaller chance of a Great Catalunya which includes parts currently in France
( There is also a chance for Sandzak to be integrated into Bosnia and Herzegovina
) There is also a chance for Northern Ireland to be integrated into Ireland
{ There are also chances for Ingria and Karelia to form an independent country together or to join Finland
} There is also the chance for Guayaquil and Guayas to set a joint independent movement