A Map of Countries That Don't Exist

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 27, 2017

A map of the world shows nearly 200 countries with borders that seem set in stone, but it turns out that there is a whole shadow world of countries that don't officially exist — at least not on world maps today.

Nick Middleton, geographer, author, and television documentary writer and presenter, fellow of St Anne's College, and the author of An Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist: A Compendium of Fifty Unrecognized and Largely Unnoticed States  (Chronicle Books, 2017), brings to life the histories of 50 states that, lacking international recognition and United Nations membership, exist on the cusp of legitimacy within the global order.

 

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