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> Transnistria is not listed, even though it has de facto sovereignty. if by 'de facto sovereignty' you mean not being recognized by any country aka their pass
by zalew 14y ago
> Transnistria is not listed, even though it has de facto sovereignty.
if by 'de facto sovereignty' you mean not being recognized by any country aka their passports being worthless. a database should not make political statements. if they earn recognition, they'll be listed. there are dozens of separatist territories in the world who claim sovereignty. if Transnistria were to be listed as a country - why not Karabakh? not to mention autonomous regions like Iraqi Kurdistan.
- gurkendoktor 14y agoIs it even possible to build a database of countries without making political statements? Taiwan is one example where you can either use the ISO database and piss users off (and they will perceive it as a political statement), or you can make a change to the ISO database and make a political statement the other way around.
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- stevoski 14y agoIndeed, a database of countries is politically tough. IIRC, the Syrian government banned Facebook from Syria, because Golan Heights (occupied and annexed by Israel, but not recognised by most (or any?) other countries) was listed in Facebook as being in Israel.
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- guard-of-terra 14y agoWell, Abkhasia is partially recognized (by perhaps a half dozen states), but it is not listed. Taiwan is partially recognized too (by a comparable number of states), but it is listed. There should perhaps be a "disputed" flag - raise, you got all the territories, clean - only solid recognized states.
- stevoski 14y agoBy de facto sovereignty, I mean that they control their borders and the land within their borders. I don't mean to make a political statement, but rather acknowledge that despite their lack of recognition they do control this break-away region. Iraqi Kurdistan is a different situation. They are autonomous, not a breakaway region.
- zalew 14y agoI know it's different, I specified their status. and I have been to Transnistria, so I know how it works there. Also, even the break-away regions behave differently themselves when it comes to their own recognition - f.ex. Transnistria doesn't stamp your passport and on the Trans./Moldova border you don't get an entry stamp of Moldova either (because, well, formally, you are in Moldova), while Karabah gives stamps and with that stamp you can't go to Azerbaijan (my friend was denied entry).