Top 10 SECRET COUNTRIES You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

How many countries are there in the world? It seems like a simple question, but the answer is far more complicated than you might think. The UN, for example, lists 193 member states, but this completely excludes not only Taiwan and Kosovo, but also Vatican City. Other means of measurement are just as difficult. Were you to count only places that issue their own passports, you’d have to say Scotland and Wales are not countries, but the Knights of Malta (who own literally no territory) are. Does that make sense to you?

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10. Somaliland
9. Iraqi Kurdistan
8. Transnistria
7. Western Sahara (SADR)
6. Abkhazia
5. Seborga
4. Puntland
3. Freetown Christiania
2. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
1. Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Source/Further reading:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36300592
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/somaliland-puntland-and-somalia/somaliland/introduction
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28147263
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/iraq/iraqi-kurdistan/introduction
https://www.wired.com/2016/03/meet-people-transnistria-stuck-time-soviet-country-doesnt-exist/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14115273
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18175394
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/micronations-of-the-world-43181804/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14114727
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/politics/2013/09/christiana-forty-years-copenhagen
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/04/economist-explains-9
http://foreignpolicy.com/2011/01/19/who-are-the-knights-of-malta-and-what-do-they-want/
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2017/01/28/win-pope-francis-knights-malta-accept-leaders-resignation/

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