User:SpinnerLaserzthe2nd/Timeline of sovereign states/1948

Sovereign states

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  Afghanistan
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  Albania
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  Andorra
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  Argentina
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  Australia
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  Austria
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  Belgium
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  Bolivia
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  Brazil
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  Bulgaria (from 27 January)
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  Bulgaria (until 27 January)
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  Burma (from 4 January)
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  Canada
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  Ceylon (from 4 February)
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  Chile
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  China
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  Colombia
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  Costa Rica
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  Cuba
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  Czechoslovakia
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  Denmark
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  Dominican Republic
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  Ecuador
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  Egypt
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  El Salvador
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  Ethiopia
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  Finland
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  France
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  Germany
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  Greece
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  Guatemala
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  Haiti
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  Honduras
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  Hungary
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  Iceland
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  India
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  Indonesia
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  Iran
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  Iraq
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  Ireland
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  Israel (from 14 May)
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  Italy
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  Japan
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  North Korea (from 9 September)
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  South Korea (from 17 August)
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  Lebanon
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  Liberia
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  Liechtenstein
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  Luxembourg
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  Mexico
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  Monaco
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  Mongolia
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  Nepal
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  Netherlands
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  Newfoundland
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  New Zealand
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  Nicaragua
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  Norway
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  Pakistan
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  Panama
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  Paraguay
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  Paraguay
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  Peru
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  Philippines
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  Poland
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  Portugal
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  Romania (until 8 January)
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  Romania (from 8 January)
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  San Marino
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  Saudi Arabia
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  Sikkim
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  South Africa
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  Soviet Union
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  Spain
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  Sweden
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  Switzerland
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  Syria
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  Siam
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  Tibet
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  Transjordan
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  Trieste
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  Tripura
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  Turkey
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  United Kingdom
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  United States
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  Uruguay
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  Vatican City
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  Venezuela
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  Yemen
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  Yugoslavia

Colonies, concessions, possessions, protectorates, mandates and territories

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  Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia)
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  Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)
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  Nauru (Australia)
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  New Guinea (Australia)
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  Norfolk Island (Australia)
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  Papua (Australia)
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  Belgian Congo (Belgium)
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  Ruanda-Urundi (Belgium)
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  Faroe Islands (Denmark)
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  Greenland (Denmark)
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  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Egypt and United Kingdom)
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  Clipperton Island (France)
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  French Cameroon (France)
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  French Comoros (France)
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  French Equatorial Africa (France)
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  Fezzan-Ghadames (France)
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  French India (France)
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  French Indochina (France)
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  French Madagascar (France)
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  French Morocco (France)
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  French Oceania (France)
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  French Somaliland (France)
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  French Tunisia (France)
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  French West Africa (France)
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  New Caledonia (France)
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  New Hebrides (France)
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  Saar (from 15 December; France)
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  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)
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  Karafuto (Japan)
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  South Seas Mandate (Japan)
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  Curaçao and Dependencies (Netherlands)
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  Surinam (Netherlands)
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  Cook Islands (New Zealand)
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  Niue (New Zealand)
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  Ross Dependency (New Zealand)
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  Tokelau Islands (New Zealand)
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  Western Samoa (New Zealand)
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  Bouvet Island (Norway)
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  Peter I Island (Norway)
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  Queen Maud Land (Norway)
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  Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Portugal)
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  Portuguese Cape Verde (Portugal)
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  Portuguese Macau (Portugal)
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  Portuguese East Africa (Portugal)
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  Portuguese Guinea (Portugal)
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  Portuguese India (Portugal)
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  Portuguese Timor (Portugal)
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  Portuguese West Africa (Portugal)
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  Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe (Portugal)
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  South West Africa (South Africa)
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  North Korea (until 9 September; Soviet Union)
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  North Korea (until 9 September; Soviet Union)
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  Spanish Guinea (Spain)
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  Spanish West Africa (Spain)
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  Aden (United Kingdom)
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  Bahamas (United Kingdom)
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  Bahrain (United Kingdom)
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  Barbados (United Kingdom)
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  Basutoland (United Kingdom)
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  Bechuanaland (United Kingdom)
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  Bermuda (United Kingdom)
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  Bhutan (United Kingdom)
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  British Cameroons (United Kingdom)
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  British Guiana (United Kingdom)
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  British Honduras (United Kingdom)
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  British Leeward Islands (United Kingdom)
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  British Somaliland (United Kingdom)
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  British Togoland (United Kingdom)
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  British Western Pacific Territories (United Kingdom)
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  British Windward Islands (United Kingdom)
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  Brunei (United Kingdom)
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  Burma (until 4 January; United Kingdom)
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  Ceylon (until 4 February; United Kingdom)
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  Cyprus (United Kingdom)
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  Cyrenaica (United Kingdom)
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  Eritrea (United Kingdom)
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  Falkland Islands (until mid-1948; United Kingdom)
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  Falkland Islands (from mid-1948; United Kingdom)
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  Gambia (United Kingdom)
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  Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
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  Gold Coast (United Kingdom)
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  Guernsey (United Kingdom)
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  Hong Kong (United Kingdom)
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  Isle of Man (United Kingdom)
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  Jamaica (United Kingdom)
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  Jersey (United Kingdom)
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  Johor (until 1 April; United Kingdom)
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  Kedah (until 1 April; United Kingdom)
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  Kelantan (until 1 April; United Kingdom)
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  Kenya (United Kingdom)
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  Kuwait (United Kingdom)
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  Malacca (United Kingdom)
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  Malaya (from 31 January; United Kingdom)
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  Malayan Union (until 31 January; United Kingdom)
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  Maldives (United Kingdom)
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  Malta (United Kingdom)
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  Mauritius (United Kingdom)
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  Muscat and Oman (United Kingdom)
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  Nigeria (United Kingdom)
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  North Borneo (from mid-1948; United Kingdom)
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  North Borneo (until mid-1948; United Kingdom)
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  Northern Rhodesia (United Kingdom)
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  Nyasaland (United Kingdom)
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  Palestine (from 14 May; United Kingdom)
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  Penang (United Kingdom)
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  Qatar (United Kingdom)
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  Saint Helena and Dependencies (United Kingdom)
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  Sarawak (United Kingdom)
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  Seychelles (United Kingdom)
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  Sierra Leone (United Kingdom)
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  Singapore ​(United Kingdom)
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  Somalia (United Kingdom)
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  Southern Rhodesia (United Kingdom)
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  Swaziland (United Kingdom)
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  Tanganyika (United Kingdom)
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  Trinidad and Tobago (United Kingdom)
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  Tripolitania (United Kingdom)
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  Trucial States (United Kingdom)
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  Uganda (United Kingdom)
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  Zanzibar (United Kingdom)
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  Alaska (United States)
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  American Samoa (United States)
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  Baker Island (United States)
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  Corn Islands (United States)
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  Guam (until 9 February; United States)
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  Guam (from 9 February; United States)
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  Hawaii (United States)
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  Howland Island (United States)
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  Jarvis Island (United States)
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  Johnston Atoll (United States)
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  Kingman Reef (United States)
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  South Korea (until 17 August; United States)
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  South Korea (until 17 August; United States)
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  Midway Atoll (United States)
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  Navassa Island (United States)
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  Palmyra Atoll (United States)
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  Panama Canal Zone (United States)
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  Petrel Islands (United States)
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  Puerto Rico (United States)
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  Quita Sueno Bank (United States)
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  Roncador Bank (United States)
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  Serrana Bank (United States)
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  Serranilla Bank (United States)
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  Swan Islands (United States)
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  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (United States)
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  United States Virgin Islands (United States)
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  Wake Island (United States)

Other entities

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  East Turkestan
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  Tangier
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  Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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  Provisional Central Government of Vietnam (from 27 May)