Subject: Re: Shortest border??<br/>
Date: Sep 14, 2003 @ 15:18<br/>
Author: m06079 (&quot;m06079&quot; &lt;barbaria_longa@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-905773468">well i would agree that if a place doesnt have an iso diglyph <br/>
then it isnt a real country<br/>
<br/>
but i would not agree that having an iso diglyph definitively <br/>
makes a place a real country<br/>
<br/>
familiar cases in point are<br/>
ai anguilla<br/>
an netherlands antilles<br/>
aq antarctica<br/>
as american samoa<br/>
aw aruba<br/>
& these are just the ones beginning with the letter a<br/>
since it is fresh in my mind at least<br/>
<br/>
but the discussion of what is & what isnt a country really began <br/>
with messages 2232 & the bottom of 2270<br/>
so please dont miss these golden oldies for starters<br/>
& remember to add the subsequently realized east timor <br/>
just to appreciate how far we have already come<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
or cutting directly to the chase as of today<br/>
we can certainly count the 191 countries that are presently <br/>
members of the united nations<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.un.org/Overview/unmember.html">http://www.un.org/Overview/unmember.html</a><br/>
plus i think perhaps only the holy see & taiwan as special cases<br/>
for a grand total of 193 generally recognized primary world states<br/>
& apples of our world class multipointing eye<br/>
<br/>
& all the various dependencies of these 193 major players <br/>
& all the various & miscellaneous absurdistans such as smom <br/>
are its oranges & pineapples<br/>
<br/>
--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Kevin Meynell <br/>
&lt;kevin@m...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Udo,<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt;SMOM is almost a sovereign state.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Maybe, but if it&#39;s not listed on ISO 3166-1, then it has a tenuous <br/>
 </span></blockquote>claim to <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; be recognised as such. I appreciate there are some fairly <br/>
 </span></blockquote>autonomous <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; territories that are not included in ISO 3166-1 (e.g. Aaland <br/>
 </span></blockquote>Islands, <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man), but it&#39;s about the most definitive <br/>
 </span></blockquote>list <br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt; that we have.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Cheers,<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Kevin Meynell </span></blockquote></div>