How many "accepted" criteria are used to determine whether an entity is an independent country (state) or not?

Hi mozart,
There are 8 criteria:


1.Place, space or territory must hold internationally recognized boundaries (boundary disputes are OK)

2.Place, space or territory must command its own sovereignty so that no other independent State has power over its own territory et al

3.Place, space or territory must be recognized externally by being acknowledged or accepted by other sovereign States (i.e. external legitimization of sovereign status)

4.Place, space or territory must entail an organized economy, economic activities, such as foreign and domestic trade, and it must issue money (currency)

5.Place, space or territory must contain people who live there continually

6.Place, space or territory should possess a transportation system for transfer goods, services and people

7.Place, space or territory must provide both public services as well as law enforcement and regulation (police, judiciary et al)

8.Place, space or territory may influence social engineering (education, health care, civil rights et al)


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Good answer dance girl. And according to these criteria England is not a Country and Taiwan is.. humm!

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Originally posted by mozart56:
Good answer dance girl. And according to these criteria England is not a Country and Taiwan is.. humm!

And one day we'll persuade Americans not to call Britain 'England'