A borderless country may be defined as an island nation, an insular territory over which a nation-state is sovereign under international law, that does not share the land territory of its island with other nation-states sovereign under international law. For example, the Republic of Ireland shares the island of Ireland with Northern Ireland and thus is not borderless. A borderless nation does not have to be located on single island, as countries such as the Federated States of Micronesia can consist of thousands of islands. Cuba is a disputed case of an island nation because the United States exercises effective sovereignty over part of Guantanamo Bay.
List of borderless countries
List of borderless dependent territories
Footnotes
- Australia and New Zealand maintain claims to territory in Antarctica and as such can technically be regarded as having land borders there.
- The Republic of China (Taiwan) has not formally renounced claim on areas currently under control of People's Republic of China, Mongolia, Tuva (a Russian republic), etc.
- Guantanamo Bay in Cuba is a U.S. lease.
- Åland has some 10 meters border with Sweden on the Island of Märket
See also