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What makes a country real/not real? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by Justathroughdaway@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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I see a lot of people saying that countries like Israel, Latvia, Belgium and Dubai are not real countries, but how are they not? They seem to meet the threshold. How are they any less real then any other country?

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[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

For a fun side topic, take a look at Micronations

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