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| Motto: "Liberty, Justice, Unity" | ||||||
| Anthem: "The Star-Spangled Banner" | ||||||
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| Capital | San Francisco | |||||
| Largest city | New York | |||||
| English (de facto) | ||||||
| Government | United States Planetary Commonwealth | |||||
| - | Planetary-Governor | Victoria Li | ||||
| - | Lieutenant Governor | Raj Uwais | ||||
| Legislature | Planetary Congress | |||||
| - | Upper house | Planetary Senate | ||||
| - | Lower house | Planetary House of Representatives | ||||
| Created per Amendment to the Constitution | ||||||
| - | Formation | July 4, 2137 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2160 estimate | 9 Billion (1st) | ||||
| Currency | United States dollar ($) (USD) | |||||
The Commonwealth of Earth, is a Planetary Commonwealth of the United States. The Earth Commonwealth consists of 145 states, 4 Protectorates and 4 Freely Associated States, spread over five continents. There are also several "Military Administrative Zones," established during the Third Mexican War to see to the reconstruction and lawful administration of territories and states defeated during the conflict.
The cradle world of humanity and to a lesser extent the United States, the Earth Commonwealth is the largest and most populous commonwealth in the United States. It is home to America's wealthiest cities as well as the Federal Capital of Washington DC.
Established as a formal entity only in 2136, the Earth Commonwealth was the product of decades of debate on the consequences of bringing the territories of the much more populous and united planet Mars into the Union. The Commonwealth Capitol is temporarily located in San Francisco pending a formal selection of a permanent planetary capital.
Earth remains the cultural hub of the United States' vast network of territories. Since the first off-Earth colonies on Mars began taking in settlers from Earth, the US population on the planet began to level off, hovering around 9 billion people since the 2080s. This is partly due to the decline in birth rates on the planet, however, it is also the result of the endless stream of cosmic pioneers seeking new opportunities on the colonial worlds.
Government and politics[]
Main article: List of states and territories of the United States
States of the Planet[]
| # | State | Capital | Abbr. | Ratification‡ or Admission | Preceding Entity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Delaware
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Dover | DE | 1787 Dec 7 ‡ | Lower Counties on Delaware, then sovereign state in Confederation. |
| 2 |  Pennsylvania
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Harrisburg | PA | 1787 Dec 12 ‡ | Province of Pennsylvania, then sovereign state in Confederation |
| 3 |  New Jersey
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Trenton | NJ | 1787 Dec 18 ‡ | Province of New Jersey, then sovereign state in Confederation |
| 4 |  Georgia (U.S. state)
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Atlanta | GA | 1788 Jan 2 ‡ | Province of Georgia, then sovereign state in Confederation |
| 5 |  Connecticut
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Hartford | CT | 1788 Jan 9 ‡ | Connecticut Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation |
| 6 |  Massachusetts
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Boston | MA | 1788 Feb 6 ‡ | Province of Massachusetts Bay, then sovereign state in Confederation |
| 7 |  Maryland
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Annapolis | MD | 1788 Apr 28 ‡ | Province of Maryland, then sovereign state in Confederation |
| 8 |  South Carolina
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Columbia | SC | 1788 May 23 ‡ | Province of South Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation |
| 9 |  New Hampshire
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Concord | NH | 1788 Jun 21 ‡ | Province of New Hampshire, then sovereign state in Confederation |
| 10 |  Virginia
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Richmond | VA | 1788 Jun 25 ‡ | Virginia Colony, then sovereign state in Confederation. |
| 11 |  New York
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Albany | NY | 1788 Jul 26 ‡ | Province of New York, then sovereign state in Confederation |
| 12 |  North Carolina
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Raleigh | NC | 1789 Nov 21 ‡ | Province of North Carolina, then sovereign state in Confederation |
| 13 |  Rhode Island
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Providence | RI | 1790 May 29 ‡ | Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, then sovereign state |
| 14 |  Vermont
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Montpelier | VT | 1791 Mar 4 | Province of New York and New Hampshire Grants (ownership disputed), Republic of Vermont |
| 15 |  Kentucky
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Frankfort | KY | 1792 Jun 1 | Split off from Virginia with that state's consent. The former huge Kentucky County |
| 16 |  Tennessee
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Nashville | TN | 1796 Jun 1 | Former Southwest Territory |
| 17 |  Ohio
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Columbus | OH | 1803 Mar 1* | The southern half of the Northwest Territory |
| 18 |  Louisiana
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Baton Rouge | LO | 1812 Apr 30 | Territory of Orleans |
| 19 |  Indiana
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Indianapolis | IN | 1816 Dec 11 | Indiana Territory, formed from the Northwest Territory |
| 20 |  Mississippi
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Jackson | MS | 1817 Dec 10 | Mississippi Territory, formed from land donated to the U.S. by Georgia |
| 21 |  Illinois
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Springfield | IL | 1818 Dec 3 | Illinois Territory, formed from the Northwest Territory |
| 22 |  Alabama
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Montgomery | AL | 1819 Dec 14 | Alabama Territory, formed from land donated to the U.S. by Georgia |
| 23 |  Maine
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Augusta | ME | 1820 Mar 15 | As a part of the Missouri Compromise, the District of Maine and Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
| 24 |  Missouri
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Jefferson City | MO | 1821 Aug 10 | Missouri Territory |
| 25 |  Arkansas
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Little Rock | AR | 1836 Jun 15 | Arkansas Territory |
| 26 |  Michigan
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Lansing | MI | 1837 Jan 26 | Michigan Territory, formed from the Northwest Territory |
| 27 |  Florida
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Tallahassee | FL | 1845 Mar 3 | Florida Territory |
| 28 |  Texas
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Austin | TX | 1845 Dec 29 | Republic of Texas |
| 29 |  Iowa
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Des Moines | IA | 1846 Dec 28 | The southern portion of the former Iowa Territory. |
| 30 |  Wisconsin
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Madison | WI | 1848 May 29 | Wisconsin Territory, formed from the Northwest Territory |
| 31 |  California
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Sacramento | CA | 1850 Sept 9 | Directly admitted from land taken/purchased from Mexico after the First Mexican-American War. |
| 32 |  Minnesota
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Saint Paul | MN | 1858 May 11 | The half of the former Minnesota Territory |
| 33 |  Oregon
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Salem | OR | 1859 Feb 14 | The half of the former historic Oregon
Territory, west of the Snake River and a line south of the Owyhee River |
| 34 |  Kansas
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Topeka | KS | 1861 Jan 29 | Kansas Territory |
| 35 |  West Virginia
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Charleston | WV | 1861 Jun 20 | Northwestern counties of the then Confederate Virginia, seceded for being anti-slavery. |
| 36 |  Nevada
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Carson City | NV | 1864 Oct 31 | Nevada Territory, with a slice of the Utah Territory added later on |
| 37 |  Nebraska
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Lincoln | NE | 1867 Mar 1 | Nebraska Territory |
| 38 |  Colorado
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Denver | CO | 1876 Aug 1 | Colorado Territory |
| 39 |  North Dakota
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Bismarck | ND | 1889 Nov 2 | Dakota Territory |
| 40 |  South Dakota
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Pierre | SD | 1889 Nov 2 | Dakota Territory |
| 41 |  Montana
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Helena | MT | 1889 Nov 8 | Montana Territory |
| 42 |  Washington
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Olympia | WA | 1889 Nov 11 | Washington Territory |
| 43 |  Idaho
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Boise | ID | 1890 Jul 3 | Idaho Territory |
| 44 |  Wyoming
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Cheyenne | WY | 1890 Jul 10 | Wyoming Territory |
| 45 |  Utah
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Salt Lake City | UT | 1896 Jan 4 | The Mormon populated, Utah Territory |
| 46 |  Oklahoma
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Oklahoma City | OK | 1907 Nov 16 | Oklahoma Territory and the Indian Territory |
| 47 |  New Mexico
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Santa Fe | NM | 1912 Jan 6 | New Mexico Territory |
| 48 |  Arizona
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Phoenix | AZ | 1912 Feb 14 | Arizona Territory |
| 49 |  Alaska
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Juneau | AK | 1959 Jan 3 | Russian America, Department of Alaska, Alaska Territory |
| 50 |  Hawaii
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Honolulu | HW | 1959 Aug 21 | Kingdom of Hawai'i, Republic of Hawai'i and then the Territory of Hawaii |
| 51 |  Puerto Rico
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San Juan | PR | 2023 Feb 27 | Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Territory |
| 52 |  Guyana
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Georgetown | GY | 2035 Mar 7 | Co-operative Republic of Guyana |
| 53 |  Cuba
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Havana | CU | 2037 Feb 1 | Cuban Provisional Administration |
| 54 |  Jamaica
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Kingston | JA | 2037 Feb 1 | Jamaican Provisional Administration |
| 55 |  Hispaniola
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Port-au-Prince | HI | 2037 Feb 1 | Haitian Provisional Administration, Dominican Republic |
| 56 |  Antilles
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Port of Spain | AI | 2037 Feb 1 | Lesser Antilles Territory |
| 57 |  Bahamas
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Nassau | BH | 2066 Mar 4 | Bahaman refugees |
| 58 |  Newfoundland
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St. John's | NL | 2066 Mar 4 | Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| 59 |  New Brunswick
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Fredericton | NB | 2066 Mar 4 | Canadian province of New Brunswick |
| 60 |  Nova Scotia
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Halifax | NS | 2066 Mar 4 | Canadian Province of Nova Scotia |
| 61 |  Cascadia
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Vancouver | CS | 2073 Jun 4 | Cascadian Provisional Republic |
| 62 |  Cook
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Prince Rupert | CK | 2073 Jun 4 | Cascadian Provisional Republic |
| 63 |  Alberta
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Calgary | AB | 2073 Jun 4 | Canadian province of Alberta |
| 64 |  Saskatchewan
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Regina | SK | 2073 Jun 4 | Canadian province of Saskatchewan |
| 65 |  Manitoba
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Winnipeg | MB | 2073 Jun 4 | Canadian province of Manitoba |
| 66 |  Superior
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Thunder Bay | SU | 2073 Jun 4 | Portions of the Canadian province of Ontario |
| 67 |  Hudson
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Fort Albany | HD | 2073 Jun 4 | Portions of the Canadian province of Ontario |
| 68 |  Ontario
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Ottawa | ON | 2073 Jun 4 | Portions of the Canadian province of Ontario |
| 69 |  Queensland
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Brisbane | QL | 2073 Jun 4 | Australian state of Queensland |
| 70 |  South Australia
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Adelaide | SA | 2073 Jun 4 | Australian state of South Australia |
| 71 |  Victoria
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Melbourne | VI | 2073 Jun 4 | Australian state of Victoria |
| 72 |  Tasmania
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Hobart | TS | 2073 Jun 4 | Australian state of Tasmania |
| 73 |  Riverina
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Sydney | RV | 2073 Jun 4 | Australian state of New South Wales |
| 74 |  New Zealand
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Wellington | NZ | 2073 Jun 4 | Republic of New Zealand |
| 75 |  Scotland
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Edinburgh | SL | 2073 Jun 4 | Scottish Republic |
| 76 |  England
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London | EL | 2073 Jun 4 | Republic of Britain |
| 77 |  Ireland
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Dublin | IR | 2073 Jun 4 | Irish Republic |
| 78 |  Wales
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Cardiff | WL | 2073 Jun 4 | Republic of Britain |
| 79 |  Keewatin
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Thompson | KW | 2073 Jun 4 | Canadian province of Keewatin |
| 80 |  Athabasca
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Peace River | AT | 2073 Jun 4 | Canandian Province of Athabasca |
| 81 |  Belize
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Belmopan | BL | 2090 Jan 22 | Republic of Belize |
| 82 | Template:Country data Panama | Panama City | PN | 2090 Jan 22 | Republic of Panama |
| 83 |  Jacinto
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Houston | JT | 2133 Mar 1 | State of Texas |
| 84 | Template:Country data Brazos | Dallas | BZ | 2133 Mar 1 | State of Texas |
| 85 | Template:Country data Llano | Lubbock | LL | 2138 Jan 31 | State of Texas |
| 86 | Template:Country data Shasta | Eureka | ST | 2138 Jan 31 | State of California |
| 87 |  Mojave
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San Diego | MJ | 2138 Jan 31 | State of California |
| 88 |  Ecuador
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Quito | EC | 2140 Jan 31 | Republic of Ecuador |
| 89 |  Machupe
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Luzon | LZ | 2140 Jan 31 | Republic of Machupe |
| 90 |  Patagonia
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Visayas | VY | 2140 Jan 31 | Republic of Patagonia |
| 91 |  Rio Grande
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Monterrey | RG | 2145 June 31 | Mexican States of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and Coahuila |
| 92 |  Chihuahua
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Chihuahua | CH | 2145 June 31 | Mexican State of Chihuahua |
| 93 |  Sonora
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Hermosillo | SN | 2145 June 31 | Mexican State of Sonora |
| 94 |  Baja
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Mexicali | BJ | 2145 June 31 | Mexican States of Baja California and Baja California Sur |
| 95 |  Durango
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Victoria De Durango | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Mexican state of Durango, and portions of the Mexican states of Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi |
| 96 |  Sinaloa
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La Paz | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Mexican state of Sinaloa |
| 97 |  Luzon
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Paranaque | LZ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of the Philippines |
| 98 |  Visayas
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Tagbilaran | VY | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of the Philippines |
| 99 |  Mindanao
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Davao City | MO | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of the Philippines |
| 100 | Template:Country data Liberia | Monrovia | LB | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Liberia and portions of the Republic of South Guinea |
| 101 |  Guadalajara
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Guadalajara | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Mexican States of Guadalajara, Nayarit, Colima, Aguascalientes, and portions of the Mexican state of Zacatecas |
| 102 |  Yucatan
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Merida | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Mexican States of Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, and portions of the Mexican state of Chiapas |
| 103 |  Honduras
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Tegucigalpa | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Mexican states of Sula, Olancho, and Choluteca |
| 104 |  Nicaragua
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Managua | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Mexican States of Nicaragua, Matagalpa, Mosquitia Superior, and Mosquitia Inferior |
| 105 | Template:Country data Orinocco | La Paz | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Venezuela |
| 106 | Template:Country data N. Peru | Lima | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Peru |
| 107 | Template:Country data s. Peru | Cusco | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Peru |
| 108 | Template:Country data Caracas | Caracas | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Venezuela |
| 109 | Template:Country data Antioquia | La Paz | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Portions of the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Venezuela |
| 110 | Template:Country data Buenaventura | La Paz | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Colombia |
| 111 |  Arequipa
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Arequipa | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Peru |
| 112 |  Bolivia
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La Paz | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Bolivia |
| 113 |  Santa Cruz
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Rio Gallegos | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Bolivia |
| 114 |  Chile
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Valparaiso | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Chile |
| 115 | Template:Country data Mendoza | La Paz | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Argentina |
| 116 |  Buenos Aires
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Buenos Aires | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Argentina |
| 117 |  Uruguay
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Montevideo | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Uruguay |
| 118 |  Pampas
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La Paz | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Argentina |
| 119 |  Parana
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Porto Alegre | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Sul Republic |
| 120 |  São Paulo
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São Paulo | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of São Paulo |
| 121 |  Janeiro
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Rio de Janeiro | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Rio de Janeiro |
| 123 | Template:Country data Atacama | Montevideo | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Portions of the Republic of Chile and the Republic of Argentina |
| 124 | Template:Country data Tarapaca | Montevideo | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Portions of the Republic of Chile and the Republic of Argentina |
| 125 |  Paraguay
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Asuncion | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Paraguay and portions of the Republic of Argentina |
| 126 | Template:Country data Potosi | Montevideo | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Portions of the Republics of Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile |
| 127 | Template:Country data Matogrosso | Montevideo | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Portions of the Republic of Bolivia and the Republic of Paraguay |
| 128 | Template:Country data Guinea | Montevideo | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republics of Guinea and Gambia |
| 129 | Template:Country data New Guinea | Port Moresby | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Uruguay |
| 130 | Template:Country data Papua | Montevideo | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of West Papua |
| 131 | Template:Country data W. Papua | Montevideo | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of West Papua |
| 132 | Template:Country data South Borneo | Banjarmasin | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Borneo Republic |
| 133 | Template:Country data North Borneo | Montevideo | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Portions of the Borneo Republic and the Republic of Sarawak |
| 134 | Template:Country data Sulawesi | Palu | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Celebes |
| 135 |  Iceland
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Reykjavik | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Republic of Iceland |
| 136 | Template:Country data Veracruz | Montevideo | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Mexican state of Veracruz |
| 137 | Template:Country data Oaxaca | Oaxaca | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Mexican state of Oaxaca |
| 138 | Template:Country data Acapulco | Acapulco | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Mexican state of Guerrero and portions of the Mexican state of Michoacan |
| 139 |  Mexico
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Mexico City | BJ | 2145 Aug 1 | Mexican states of Puebla, Morelos, Anahuac, Guanajuato, Queretaro, and Tula, and portions of the Mexican states of Michoacan, San Luis Potosi, and Veracruz |
| 140 | Template:Country data Cape | Cape Town | BJ | 2147 Aug 31 | Republic of South Africa |
| 141 | Template:Country data Xhosa | Port Elizabeth | BJ | 2147 Aug 31 | Republic of South Africa |
| 142 | Template:Country data Zulu | Montevideo | BJ | 2147 Aug 31 | Republic of South Africa |
| 143 | Template:Country data Gauteng | Vanderbijilkpark | BJ | 2147 Aug 31 | Republic of South Africa |
| 144 | Template:Country data Mthwakazi | Bulawayo | BJ | 2147 Aug 31 | Republic of South Africa |
| 145 |  Botswana
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Gaborone | BJ | 2147 Aug 31 | Republic of South Africa |
| 146 | Template:Country data Namibia | Windhoek | BJ | 2149 Nov 3 | Republic of South Africa |
Territories[]
| # | 
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Territory | Abbreviation | Ratification‡ or Admission | Preceding Entity |
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| 1 |  Micronesia
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Trust Territory of Micronesia | MCT | 1899 Apr 11 | Guam and Mariana Islands |
| 2 |  Melanesia
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Melanesian Territories | MLT | 2041 Dec 18 | Nauru |
| 4 |  Polynesia
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Trust Territory of Polynesia | PL | 2056 Dec 18 | French Polynesia |
| 5 |  Greenland
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Greenland | GT | 2061 Dec 7 | Danish Constituent Country of Greenland |
| 6 |  Western Australia
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Western Australian Territory | WT | 2073 Feb 11 | Former Australian state of Western Australia and the Australian Northern Territory |
| 7 |  Falklands
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Falkland Islands | FI | 2073 Feb 11 | British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands |
| 8 |  Yukon
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Yukon | YT | 2073 Feb 11 | Yukon |
| 9 |  Nunavut
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Nunavut | NT | 2073 Feb 11 | Nunavut |
| 10 |  Tlicho
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Tlicho | TT | 2073 Feb 11 | Tlicho |
| 11 |  North Amazon
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North Amazon Territory | NAT | 2141 Nov 8 | Republic of Colombia |
| 12 |  South Amazon
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South Amazon Territory | SAT | 2141 Nov 8 | Republic of Peru |
Protectorates[]
| # |
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Nation | Admission |
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| 1 | 
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Brazil | December 14, 2140 |
| 2 | 
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Abyssinia | March 22, 2140 |
| 3 | 
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Dubai | March 22, 2140 |
| 4 | 
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Aden | March 22, 2140 |
| 5 | 
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Malay | March 22, 2140 |
| 6 | 
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Kurdistan | March 22, 2140 |
| 7 | 
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Israel | March 22, 2140 |
| 8 | 
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Madagascar | March 22, 2140 |