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 a 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.¹ An island nation is a country that is wholly confined to an island or islands. ... Royal motto: Quis separabit (Latin: Who will separate?) Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km² NUTS 1... Map of Cuba with location of Guantanamo Bay indicated. ...

List of borderless countries

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Australia ²
• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Barbados
• Cape Verde
• Republic of China (Taiwan) ³
• Comoros
• Cyprus ⁴
• Dominica
• Fiji
• Grenada
• Iceland
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Kiribati
• Madagascar
• Maldives
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritius
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Nauru
• New Zealand⁵
• Palau
• Philippines
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Seychelles
• Singapore
• Solomon Islands
• Sri Lanka
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ...

List of borderless dependent territories

• Åland⁶
• Aruba
• American Samoa
• Anguilla
• Ashmore and Cartier Islands
• Baker Island
• Bermuda
• Cayman Islands
• Christmas Island
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands
• Cook Islands
• Coral Sea Islands Territory
• Falkland Islands
• Faroe Islands
• French Polynesia
• French Southern and Antarctic Territories⁷
• Greenland
• Guam
• Guernsey
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands
• Howland Island
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• Isle of Man
• Jan Mayen
• Jarvis Island
• Jersey
• Johnston Atoll
• Kingman Reef
• Martinique
• Mayotte
• Midway Atoll
• Montserrat
• Navassa Island
• New Caledonia
• Niue
• Norfolk Island
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Palmyra Atoll
• Pitcairn Islands
• Puerto Rico
• Réunion
• Saint Helena
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• Svalbard
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• Tokelau
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• British Virgin Islands
• U.S. Virgin Islands
• Wake Island
• Wallis and Futuna

National motto: none Official language Swedish Capital Mariehamn Governor Peter Lindbäck Premier Roger Nordlund Total Area  - Land  - Water 6,784 km² 1,527 km² 5,258 km² Population  - Total (2005)  - Density 26,711 17. ... The French Southern Territories (long name: Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, French: Territoire des Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises or TAAF) are antarctic, volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean, south of Africa and about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia. ... Midway Atoll (also known as Midway Island or Midway Islands, Hawaiian: Pihemanu) is a 6. ... Orthographic projection centred on the South Sandwich Islands South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI, Spanish: Islas Georgias del Sur y Islas Sandwich del Sur) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, also claimed by Argentina as part of Tierra del Fuego province (because of...

Footnotes

• Note 1: Guantanamo Bay in Cuba is a U.S. lease.
• Note 2: Australia maintains claims to territory in Antarctica and as such can technically be regarded as having land borders there (to Norway and France).
• Note 3: 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.
• ⁴ The north part of Cyprus is not controlled by Republic of Cyprus, but due to turkish invasion there is the de facto state of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , which is recognized only by Turkey.
• Note 5: New Zealand maintain claims to territory in Antarctica and as such can technically be regarded as having land borders there.
• Note 6: Market Reef defines the border between Finland and Sweden. The lighthouse on the reef is administred directly from Finland and is usually not considered a part of the autonomous Åland Islands.
• Note 7: France claims territory in Antarctica and as such can technically be regarded as having land borders there. Otherwise, islands administered in this overseas territory have no land borders.

Map of Cuba with location of Guantanamo Bay indicated. ... National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ... The Tuva Republic (Tuvan: Тыва Республика; Russian: ) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... De facto is a Latin expression that means in fact or in practice. It is commonly used as opposed to de jure (meaning by law) when referring to matters of law or governance or technique (such as standards), that are found in the common experience as created or developed without... The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) (Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti [KKTC]) is a de facto state in the northern third of the island of Cyprus, in the eastern Mediterranean. ... Märket (Swedish and Finnish), Market Reef, or Market Island is a small rock in the sea between Sweden and the autonomous Ã…land Islands that since the Treaty of Fredrikshamn defines the border between Sweden and Finland. ... National motto: ? Official language Swedish Capital Mariehamn Governor Peter Lindbäck Premier Roger Nordlund Total Area  - Land  - Water 6,784 km² 1,527 km² 5,258 km² Population  - Total (2002)  - Density 26,257 17. ... The French Overseas Departments and Territories (often abbreviated DOM-TOM for départements doutre-mer, territoires doutre-mer) consist broadly of French-administered or -claimed territories outside of Europe. ...

See also

• Island nation
• List of island nations
• List of countries that border only one other country