Unrecognized Nations

Question 1

Situated between the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea within the country of Georgia

Answer 1

Abkhazia

Question 2

This de facto sovereignty is recognized only by Turkey [as their intervention lead to its creation in the 1970s]

Answer 2

Northern Cyprus

Question 3

This country is also located within the country of Georgia but has no international recognition

Answer 3

South Ossetia

Question 4

Formed in 1991 in Northwest Somalia to politically combat the powerful terrorist/ pirate cells that control the country

Answer 4

Somaliland

Question 5

Located on the far Eastern side of Moldova and is home to a mainly Slavic population

Answer 5

Transnistria

Question 6

A government in exile that claims the Western Sahara region despite Morocco’s control of the region

Answer 6

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Question 7

This nation faces vehement oppression from Turkish government and is technically part of Iraq

Answer 7

Kurdistan