An unrecognized state may be:
- a state currently not recognized by one given state (but possibly by others), see List of states with limited recognition
- a proclaimed state currently not recognized by any other state, without de facto control over its claimed territory, see
- Lists of active separatist movements
- Government in exile
- historical entities:
- List of historical unrecognized states
- List of historical separatist movements
Famous quotes containing the words unrecognized and/or state:
“Not in vain is Ireland pouring itself all over the earth. Divine Providence has a mission for her children to fulfill; though a mission unrecognized by political economists. There is ever a moral balance preserved in the universe, like the vibrations of the pendulum. The Irish, with their glowing hearts and reverent credulity, are needed in this cold age of intellect and skepticism.”
—Lydia M. Child (1802–1880)
“The mountainous region of the State of Maine stretches from near the White Mountains, northeasterly one hundred and sixty miles, to the head of the Aroostook River, and is about sixty miles wide. The wild or unsettled portion is far more extensive. So that some hours only of travel in this direction will carry the curious to the verge of a primitive forest, more interesting, perhaps, on all accounts, than they would reach by going a thousand miles westward.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)