Unknown

Unknown.

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Breakaway

Where the breakaway territory is nominally self-administering. Examples: Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia.

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Country

Several semi-independent countries can form a single sovereign country (one is more dominant than the others). Example: Denmark and Greenland; also Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten. See dependency below; where more powers have been devolved to the former dependency.

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Dependency

Relics of the age of exploration and empire where the sovereign country still maintains presence. Examples: Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Bermuda, and Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area.

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Disputed

Two or more “countries” dispute who’s sovereignty reigns in a territory. TouchStamps uses de facto status to indicate who administers the area and who claims it (see note_brk). Example: Abu Musa Island (Admin. by Iran; Claimed by UAE).

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Indeterminate

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Sovereign Country

Most “countries” their own territory and affairs, don’t have far flung territorial holdings, and don’t have disputes with their neighbors.

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