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Message:: [QUOTE="Topher, post: 398162, member: 8489"]Monaco is a member nation of the UN, Taiwan is not.  One could easily exclude Taiwan based on this criteria (although I would not.) Sealand has never been declared independent.  It was declared outside of the British jurisdiction, but was never recognized as a independent nation.  And they never won a "war" with Germany.  They held a German (who was trespassing on their "territory") until the German government negotiated his release.  As they are not under the jurisdiction of any other country, there is a very grey area where they fall. The Hutt River Principality is recognized by the Australian government as a private enterprise, yet they have argued their right to secession under the Treason Act 1495.  While common sense dictates that they are not a soveriegn nation, they think they've found a loophole which allows them to be, and I'm not enough of a legal expert to argue one side or the other. You see, definition of a "country" or "nation" is very difficult, so each person needs to set their own criteria, and arguments can be made to include some countries and exclude others.  If you like it and can afford it, then that should be good enough![/QUOTE]