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RELATED LINKS The Constitution: some links to separatist movements sites New Country Project contains a list of 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. NEW:It is finally available a new statistic: a list of 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 06/04/08:
ST%=Short Term Possibilities LT%=Long Term Possibilities
TERRITORY CURRENT SOVEREIGNITY ST% LT%
PALESTINE \ ISRAEL 55 95
NORTHERN CYPRUS CYPRUS 30 - 45
KOSOVO * SERBIA/UNITED NATION 95 + 98 +
VOJVODINA SERBIA 2 - 15 -
SRPSKA REPUBLIC / BOSNIA AND HERZEGOV. 30 35
BRCKO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOV. 1 2
NORTHERN EPIRUS ALBANIA 1 5
ILLYRIA REPUBLIC ALBANIA/MACEDONIA 1 - 5 -
ISTRIA CROATIA 1 15
DALMATIA CROATIA 1 10
KRAJINA CROATIA 1 10
TRANSNISTRIA # MOLDOVA 30 40
GAGAUZ YERI MOLDOVA 5 - 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
LIVONIA LATVIA 1 2
SAMILAND/LAPPLAND NOR.-SWED.-RUS.-FIN. 1 2
SVALBARD NORWAY 1 5
SCANIA SWEDEN 1 1
ALAND @ FINLAND 1 10
FAEROE ISLANDS DENMARK 2 30 +
GREENLAND DENMARK 20 50 +
BORNHOLM ISLAND DENMARK 1 2
BAVARIA GERMANY 1 5
CHAGOS ISLANDS UNITED KINGDOM 10 + 45 +
SAINT HELENA UNITED KINGDOM 2 10
ANGUILLA UNITED KINGDOM 2 35
MONTSERRAT UNITED KINGDOM 2 25
BERMUDA UNITED KINGDOM 2 35
VIRGIN ISLANDS UNITED KINGDOM 2 30
CAYMAN ISLANDS UNITED KINGDOM 2 30
TURKS AND CAICOS**UNITED KINGDOM 10 + 40 +
ISLE OF MAN UNITED KINGDOM 2 30
CHANNEL ISLANDS UNITED KINGDOM 2 30
WALES UNITED KINGDOM 2 25
SCOTLAND UNITED KINGDOM 5 30
NORTHERN IRELAND UNITED KINGDOM 10 40 +
ORKNEY UNITED KINGDOM 1 5
CORNWALL UNITED KINGDOM 1 5
GIBRALTAR *** UNITED KINGDOM 5 30
FALKLAND ISL.**** UNITED KINGDOM 1 15
ARUBA NETHERLANDS 5 35
CURACAO NETHERLANDS 5 35
SINT MARTEEN NETHERLANDS 5 30
SINT EUSTATIUS NETHERLANDS 2 20
BONAIRE NETHERLANDS 2 15
SABA NETHERLANDS 2 15
FRYSLAN NETHERLANDS 1 5
MARTINIQUE FRANCE 5 40
GUADELOUPE FRANCE 5 40
SAINT BARTHELEMY ~FRANCE 2 25
SAINT MARTIN ~ FRANCE 2 25
FRENCH GUIANA FRANCE 5 40
NEW CALEDONIA FRANCE 35 + 65 +
FRENCH POLYNESIA FRANCE 25 + 50 +
MARQUESAS ISL. FRANCE 10 30
WALLIS AND FUTUNA FRANCE 10 + 50 +
ST PIERRE AND MIQ.FRANCE 1 20
REUNION FRANCE 5 30
MAYOTTE ***** FRANCE 5 35
BRITTANY FRANCE 1 5
CORSICA FRANCE 1 10
ALSACE-LORRAINE FRANCE/GERMANY 1 5
SAVOIE FRANCE 1 5
OCCITANIA FRANCE 1 2
BASQUE REGION SPAIN/FRANCE 2 35
NAVARRA ****** SPAIN 1 5
CATALONIA SPAIN 2 35
GALICIA SPAIN 1 10 +
CANARY ISLANDS SPAIN 1 10
ANDALUCIA SPAIN 1 5
VALENCIA ****** SPAIN 1 5 +
CHUNTA 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
CRETE GREECE 1 1
CRIMEA # UKRAINE 10 35
DONETSK # UKRAINE 10 35
CHECHNYA RUSSIA 20 55
DAGESTAN RUSSIA 5 40
TATARSTAN RUSSIA 5 40 +
BASHKORTOSTAN RUSSIA 2 20 +
KALININGRAD RUSSIA 2 35
INGUSHETIA RUSSIA 5 35
KABARDINO-BALKAR. RUSSIA 2 20
KARACHAY-CHERKES. RUSSIA 2 15
NORTHERN OSSETIA RUSSIA 2 20 +
ADYGEYA RUSSIA 2 15
STAVROPOL 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
NAGORNO KARABAKH AZERBAIJAN 40 50
NAKHICHEVAN AZERBAIJAN 10 35 +
TALYSH-MUGHAN AZERBAIJAN 1 5
LEZGISTAN AZERBAIJAN/RUSSIA 1 2
ABKHAZIA # GEORGIA 30 + 50 +
SOUTH OSSETIA # GEORGIA 15 35
ADZHARIA GEORGIA 5 - 25
MINGRELIA 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
KURDISTAN IRAQ-TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAN5 + 45 +
JABAL AD DURUZ SYRIA 1 5
MOUNT LEBANON LEBANON 1 15
IRAQI KURDISTAN IRAQ 25 - 50
SHIIS STATE IRAQ 20 40
ASSYRIA IRAQ 1 10
HAWAR ISLANDS BAHRAIN 1 5
DUBAI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 15
SHARJAH UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 25
MUSCAT OMAN 1 15
SOUTH YEMEN YEMEN 2 20 -
SOCOTRA YEMEN 2 20
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 10 - 20
HAZARAJAT AFGHANISTAN 2 15
KANDAHAR AFGHANISTAN 2 15
NANGAHAR AFGHANISTAN 1 10
HERAT 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
KASHMIR INDIA-PAKISTAN 5 35
ASSAM ^ INDIA 2 25
SIKKIM ******* INDIA 2 20 -
NAGALAND ^ INDIA 2 - 20 -
MEGHALAYA ^ INDIA 1 15
MANIPUR ^ INDIA 2 20
PUNJAB INDIA 2 10
KHALISTAN (SIKH) 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
ZOGAM INDIA/BANGL./MYANMAR 1 5
BANGABHUMI BANGLADESH 2 20
CHAKMA(CHIT.HILLS)BANGLADESH 5 20
SUVADIVES MALDIVES 1 15
MAHADHESI (TERAI) NEPAL 2 + 15 +
TAIWAN ******** CHINA 2 50
TIBET CHINA 2 40
XINJIANG (UIGHUR) CHINA 2 40
INNER MONGOLIA CHINA 2 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
KAYIN (KAREN)STATEMYANMAR 5 25
MON STATE MYANMAR 2 10
SHAN STATE MYANMAR 10 + 35 +
WA STATE MYANMAR 5 - 30 -
CHIN STATE MYANMAR 5 25
KACHIN STATE MYANMAR 5 25
RAKHINE STATE MYANMAR 5 20
ARAKAN STATE MYANMAR 2 15
PANGWAUM MYANMAR 1 10
NAMPAN MYANMAR 1 10
SOUTH MUSLIM THAI.THAILAND 1 15
SARAWAK MALAYSIA 1 25
SABAH MALAYSIA 1 25
MINDANAO PHILIPPINES 5 35
CORDILLERA PHILIPPINES 1 15
ACEH INDONESIA 10 - 40 -
WEST PAPUA INDONESIA 25 - 50
WEST TIMOR INDONESIA 5 25
RIAU INDONESIA 1 15
AMBON (SO.MALUKU) INDONESIA 5 25
EAST KALIMANTAN INDONESIA 5 20
SULAWESI INDONESIA 5 20
BOUGAINVILLE PAPUA NEW GUINEA 30 60 +
MILNE BAY PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2 + 15 +
HELA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5 + 25 +
BISMARK ISLANDS PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1 15
MALAITA SOLOMON ISLANDS 15 35
RENNELL & BELLONA SOLOMON ISLANDS 5 20
OTONG JAVA SOLOMON ISLANDS 5 25
ROTUMA ISLAND FIJI 2 25
POHNPEI MICRONESIA 2 25
YAP ISLANDS MICRONESIA 2 20
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
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
TORRES STRAIT IS. AUSTRALIA 1 1
SNAKE HILL AUSTRALIA 1 1
NIUE NEW ZEALAND 1 10
COOK ISLANDS NEW ZEALAND 2 40
TOKELAU NEW ZEALAND 10 - 45
CHATAM ISLANDS NEW ZEALAND 1 2
QUEBEC CANADA 30 45
NEWFOUNDLAND CANADA 1 5
ALBERTA CANADA 1 5
WESTERN CANADA CANADA 1 5
BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA 1 5
CAPE BRETON ISL. CANADA 1 2
PUERTO RICO UNITED STATES 10 40
NORTHERN MARIANAS UNITED STATES 15 - 50
US SAMOA *********UNITED STATES 10 40
GUAM UNITED STATES 5 40
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
SOUTHERN STATES UNITED STATES 1 2
SIOUX LAKOTA UNITED STATES 1 2
LONG ISLAND UNITED STATES 1 1
RIO GRANDE-N.LEON:MEXICO 1 10
CHIAPAS MEXICO 1 20
YUCATAN MEXICO 1 10
SOUTHERN STATES : MEXICO 1 5
BAJA CALIFORNIA : MEXICO 1 10
ATLANTIC REGIONS NICAGARUA 1 15
GUANACASTE COSTA RICA 1 5
ARTIBONITE HAITI 1 2
BARBUDA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1 10
GRENADINES ST VINCENT AND THE GR.1 15
NEVIS ST KITTS AND NEVIS 20 - 50
TOBAGO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1 15
SAINT ANDRES COLOMBIA 1 15
ZULIA VENEZUELA 1 2
SOUTHERN BRAZIL BRAZIL 1 15
SAO PAULO STATE BRAZIL 1 5
NORTHEAST BRAZIL BRAZIL 1 2
COAST REGION ECUADOR 2 25
LORETO PERU 1 5
ANDINE REGIONS PERU 5 20
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 5 30 +
MAPUCHE NATION CHILE 1 1
PATAGONIA ARGENTINA 1 5
WESTERN SAHARA MOROCCO 40 - 75
KABYLIA(BERBER) ALGERIA 1 10
KIDAL (TUAREG) MALI 1 10
CASAMANCE SENEGAL 15 - 35
ZANZIBAR TANZANIA 10 45 +
SOMALILAND SOMALIA 55 + 70
PUNTLAND SOMALIA 25 - 40 -
SOUTHWEST.SOMALIA SOMALIA 10 - 20 -
MAAKHIR SOMALIA 5 15
OROMO STATE ETHIOPIA 1 25
TIGRAY STATE ETHIOPIA 1 25
GAMBELLA ETHIOPIA 2 + 20 +
OGADEN REGION ETHIOPIA 2 + 20 +
NORTH EASTERN FR. KENYA 1 10
COAST PROVINCE KENYA 1 20
BUGANDA UGANDA 1 5
KASSALA SUDAN 2 15
SOUTHERN SUDAN SUDAN 45 + 60 +
SOUTH.BLUE NILE SUDAN 10 30
ABYEI SUDAN 5 + 20 +
DARFUR SUDAN 10 35
BEJA SUDAN 2 15 +
LADO SUDAN 1 - 10 -
LOGONE REGION CHAD 2 10
ANJOUAN (NZWANI) COMOROS 25 + 40
MOHELI (MWALI) COMOROS 10 + 30
ALDABRA ISLANDS SEYCHELLES 1 15
WESTERN CAMEROON CAMEROON 5 45 +
SOUTHERN CAMEROONSCAMEROON 2 20 +
BAKASSI PENINSULA CAMEROON 5 + 30 +
BIAFRA NIGERIA 2 25
OGONI NIGERIA 2 25
HAUSA NIGERIA 2 10
NIGER DELTA NIGERIA 10 + 30 +
YORUBA NIGERIA/BENIN 1 5
DAGBON GHANA 2 20
NORTHERN REGIONS COTE D'IVOIRE 5 20
KATANGA CONGO KINSHASA 2 10
KASSAI CONGO KINSHASA 2 10
BUNDU DIA KONGO CONGO KINSHASA 2 10
PRINCIPE SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 1 15
BIOKO EQUATORIAL GUINEA 5 40 +
CABINDA ANGOLA 5 - 30 -
CAPRIVI NAMIBIA 2 25
REHOBOTH BASTERS NAMIBIA 1 5
BAROTSELAND ZAMBIA 1 5
MATABELELAND (MTHWAKAZI) ZIMBABWE 2 10
ORANIA SOUTH AFRICA 2 10
WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA 1 10
KWAZULU/NATAL SOUTH AFRICA 1 5
VHAVENDA SOUTH AFRICA 1 2
RODRIGUES ISLAND MAURITIUS 2 20
AGALEGA ISLAND MAURITIUS 2 20
TOLIARA MADAGASCAR 1 5
* 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 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 many other countries and it is considered, 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
^ 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.
~ 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).