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The central component is a guide to matters of diplomatic recognition and the establishment and maintenance of diplomatic relations between the United States and states of the world, from 1776 to the present.</p> <form action="" class="form-inline"> <div class="form-group"> <select class="form-control" onchange="location = this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;"><option value="#">Select a country:</option><option value="/countries/afghanistan" xml:space="preserve"><span>Afghanistan</span> </option><option value="/countries/albania" xml:space="preserve"><span>Albania</span> </option><option value="/countries/algeria" xml:space="preserve"><span>Algeria</span> </option><option value="/countries/andorra" xml:space="preserve"><span>Andorra</span> </option><option value="/countries/angola" xml:space="preserve"><span>Angola</span> </option><option value="/countries/antigua-barbuda" xml:space="preserve"><span>Antigua and Barbuda</span> </option><option value="/countries/argentina" xml:space="preserve"><span>Argentina</span> </option><option value="/countries/armenia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Armenia</span> </option><option value="/countries/australia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Australia</span> </option><option value="/countries/austria" xml:space="preserve"><span>Austria</span> </option><option value="/countries/austrian-empire" xml:space="preserve"><span>Austrian Empire*</span> </option><option value="/countries/azerbaijan" xml:space="preserve"><span>Azerbaijan</span> </option><option value="/countries/baden" xml:space="preserve"><span>Baden*</span> </option><option value="/countries/bahamas" xml:space="preserve"><span>Bahamas, The</span> </option><option value="/countries/bahrain" xml:space="preserve"><span>Bahrain</span> </option><option value="/countries/bangladesh" xml:space="preserve"><span>Bangladesh</span> </option><option value="/countries/barbados" xml:space="preserve"><span>Barbados</span> </option><option value="/countries/bavaria" xml:space="preserve"><span>Bavaria*</span> </option><option value="/countries/belarus" xml:space="preserve"><span>Belarus</span> </option><option value="/countries/belgium" xml:space="preserve"><span>Belgium</span> </option><option value="/countries/belize" xml:space="preserve"><span>Belize</span> </option><option value="/countries/benin" xml:space="preserve"><span>Benin (Dahomey)</span> </option><option value="/countries/bolivia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Bolivia</span> </option><option value="/countries/bosnia-herzegovina" xml:space="preserve"><span>Bosnia and Herzegovina</span> </option><option value="/countries/botswana" xml:space="preserve"><span>Botswana</span> </option><option value="/countries/brazil" xml:space="preserve"><span>Brazil</span> </option><option value="/countries/brunei" xml:space="preserve"><span>Brunei</span> </option><option value="/countries/brunswick-luneburg" xml:space="preserve"><span>Brunswick and Lüneburg*</span> </option><option value="/countries/bulgaria" xml:space="preserve"><span>Bulgaria</span> </option><option value="/countries/burkina-faso" xml:space="preserve"><span>Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)</span> </option><option value="/countries/burma" xml:space="preserve"><span>Burma</span> </option><option value="/countries/burundi" xml:space="preserve"><span>Burundi</span> </option><option value="/countries/cape-verde" xml:space="preserve"><span>Cabo Verde</span> </option><option value="/countries/cambodia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Cambodia</span> </option><option value="/countries/cameroon" xml:space="preserve"><span>Cameroon</span> </option><option value="/countries/canada" xml:space="preserve"><span>Canada</span> </option><option value="/countries/cayman-islands" xml:space="preserve"><span>Cayman Islands, The</span> </option><option value="/countries/central-african-republic" xml:space="preserve"><span>Central African Republic</span> </option><option value="/countries/central-american-federation" xml:space="preserve"><span>Central American Federation*</span> </option><option value="/countries/chad" xml:space="preserve"><span>Chad</span> </option><option value="/countries/chile" xml:space="preserve"><span>Chile</span> </option><option value="/countries/china" xml:space="preserve"><span>China</span> </option><option value="/countries/colombia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Colombia</span> </option><option value="/countries/comoros" xml:space="preserve"><span>Comoros</span> </option><option value="/countries/congo-free-state" xml:space="preserve"><span>Congo Free State, The*</span> </option><option value="/countries/cook-islands" xml:space="preserve"><span>Cook Islands</span> </option><option value="/countries/costa-rica" xml:space="preserve"><span>Costa Rica</span> </option><option value="/countries/cote-divoire" xml:space="preserve"><span>Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)</span> </option><option value="/countries/croatia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Croatia</span> </option><option value="/countries/cuba" xml:space="preserve"><span>Cuba</span> </option><option value="/countries/cyprus" xml:space="preserve"><span>Cyprus</span> </option><option value="/countries/czech-republic" xml:space="preserve"><span>Czechia</span> </option><option value="/countries/czechoslovakia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Czechoslovakia*</span> </option><option value="/countries/congo-democratic-republic" xml:space="preserve"><span>Democratic Republic of the Congo</span> </option><option value="/countries/denmark" xml:space="preserve"><span>Denmark</span> </option><option value="/countries/djibouti" xml:space="preserve"><span>Djibouti</span> </option><option value="/countries/dominica" xml:space="preserve"><span>Dominica</span> </option><option value="/countries/dominican-republic" xml:space="preserve"><span>Dominican Republic</span> </option><option value="/countries/parma" xml:space="preserve"><span>Duchy of Parma, The*</span> </option><option value="/countries/german-democratic-republic" xml:space="preserve"><span>East Germany (German Democratic Republic)*</span> </option><option value="/countries/ecuador" xml:space="preserve"><span>Ecuador</span> </option><option value="/countries/egypt" xml:space="preserve"><span>Egypt</span> </option><option value="/countries/el-salvador" xml:space="preserve"><span>El Salvador</span> </option><option value="/countries/equatorial-guinea" xml:space="preserve"><span>Equatorial Guinea</span> </option><option value="/countries/eritrea" xml:space="preserve"><span>Eritrea</span> </option><option value="/countries/estonia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Estonia</span> </option><option value="/countries/swaziland" xml:space="preserve"><span>Eswatini</span> </option><option value="/countries/ethiopia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Ethiopia</span> </option><option value="/countries/federal-government-germany" xml:space="preserve"><span>Federal Government of Germany (1848-49)*</span> </option><option value="/countries/fiji" xml:space="preserve"><span>Fiji</span> </option><option value="/countries/finland" xml:space="preserve"><span>Finland</span> </option><option value="/countries/france" xml:space="preserve"><span>France</span> </option><option value="/countries/gabon" xml:space="preserve"><span>Gabon</span> </option><option value="/countries/gambia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Gambia, The</span> </option><option value="/countries/georgia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Georgia</span> </option><option value="/countries/germany" xml:space="preserve"><span>Germany</span> </option><option value="/countries/ghana" xml:space="preserve"><span>Ghana</span> </option><option value="/countries/grand-duchy-tuscany" xml:space="preserve"><span>Grand Duchy of Tuscany, The*</span> </option><option value="/countries/greece" xml:space="preserve"><span>Greece</span> </option><option value="/countries/grenada" xml:space="preserve"><span>Grenada</span> </option><option value="/countries/guatemala" xml:space="preserve"><span>Guatemala</span> </option><option value="/countries/guinea" xml:space="preserve"><span>Guinea</span> </option><option value="/countries/guinea-bissau" xml:space="preserve"><span>Guinea-Bissau</span> </option><option value="/countries/guyana" xml:space="preserve"><span>Guyana</span> </option><option value="/countries/haiti" xml:space="preserve"><span>Haiti</span> </option><option value="/countries/hanover" xml:space="preserve"><span>Hanover*</span> </option><option value="/countries/hanseatic-republics" xml:space="preserve"><span>Hanseatic Republics*</span> </option><option value="/countries/hawaii" xml:space="preserve"><span>Hawaii*</span> </option><option value="/countries/hesse" xml:space="preserve"><span>Hesse*</span> </option><option value="/countries/holy-see" xml:space="preserve"><span>Holy See</span> </option><option value="/countries/honduras" xml:space="preserve"><span>Honduras</span> </option><option value="/countries/hungary" xml:space="preserve"><span>Hungary</span> </option><option value="/countries/iceland" xml:space="preserve"><span>Iceland</span> </option><option value="/countries/india" xml:space="preserve"><span>India</span> </option><option value="/countries/indonesia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Indonesia</span> </option><option value="/countries/iran" xml:space="preserve"><span>Iran</span> </option><option value="/countries/iraq" xml:space="preserve"><span>Iraq</span> </option><option value="/countries/ireland" xml:space="preserve"><span>Ireland</span> </option><option value="/countries/israel" xml:space="preserve"><span>Israel</span> </option><option value="/countries/italy" xml:space="preserve"><span>Italy</span> </option><option value="/countries/jamaica" xml:space="preserve"><span>Jamaica</span> </option><option value="/countries/japan" xml:space="preserve"><span>Japan</span> </option><option value="/countries/jordan" xml:space="preserve"><span>Jordan</span> </option><option value="/countries/kazakhstan" xml:space="preserve"><span>Kazakhstan</span> </option><option value="/countries/kenya" xml:space="preserve"><span>Kenya</span> </option><option value="/countries/kingdom-of-yugoslavia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Kingdom of Serbia/Yugoslavia*</span> </option><option value="/countries/kiribati" xml:space="preserve"><span>Kiribati</span> </option><option value="/countries/korea" xml:space="preserve"><span>Korea</span> </option><option value="/countries/kosovo" xml:space="preserve"><span>Kosovo</span> </option><option value="/countries/kuwait" xml:space="preserve"><span>Kuwait</span> </option><option value="/countries/kyrgyzstan" xml:space="preserve"><span>Kyrgyzstan</span> </option><option value="/countries/laos" xml:space="preserve"><span>Laos</span> </option><option value="/countries/latvia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Latvia</span> </option><option value="/countries/lebanon" xml:space="preserve"><span>Lebanon</span> </option><option value="/countries/lesotho" xml:space="preserve"><span>Lesotho</span> </option><option value="/countries/lew-chew" xml:space="preserve"><span>Lew Chew (Loochoo)*</span> </option><option value="/countries/liberia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Liberia</span> </option><option value="/countries/libya" xml:space="preserve"><span>Libya</span> </option><option value="/countries/liechtenstein" xml:space="preserve"><span>Liechtenstein</span> </option><option value="/countries/lithuania" xml:space="preserve"><span>Lithuania</span> </option><option value="/countries/luxembourg" xml:space="preserve"><span>Luxembourg</span> </option><option value="/countries/madagascar" xml:space="preserve"><span>Madagascar</span> </option><option value="/countries/malawi" xml:space="preserve"><span>Malawi</span> </option><option value="/countries/malaysia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Malaysia</span> </option><option value="/countries/maldives" xml:space="preserve"><span>Maldives</span> </option><option value="/countries/mali" xml:space="preserve"><span>Mali</span> </option><option value="/countries/malta" xml:space="preserve"><span>Malta</span> </option><option value="/countries/marshall-islands" xml:space="preserve"><span>Marshall Islands</span> </option><option value="/countries/mauritania" xml:space="preserve"><span>Mauritania</span> </option><option value="/countries/mauritius" xml:space="preserve"><span>Mauritius</span> </option><option value="/countries/mecklenburg-schwerin" xml:space="preserve"><span>Mecklenburg-Schwerin*</span> </option><option value="/countries/mecklenburg-strelitz" xml:space="preserve"><span>Mecklenburg-Strelitz*</span> </option><option value="/countries/mexico" xml:space="preserve"><span>Mexico</span> </option><option value="/countries/micronesia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Micronesia</span> </option><option value="/countries/moldova" xml:space="preserve"><span>Moldova</span> </option><option value="/countries/monaco" xml:space="preserve"><span>Monaco</span> </option><option value="/countries/mongolia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Mongolia</span> </option><option value="/countries/montenegro" xml:space="preserve"><span>Montenegro</span> </option><option value="/countries/morocco" xml:space="preserve"><span>Morocco</span> </option><option value="/countries/mozambique" xml:space="preserve"><span>Mozambique</span> </option><option value="/countries/namibia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Namibia</span> </option><option value="/countries/nassau" xml:space="preserve"><span>Nassau*</span> </option><option value="/countries/nauru" xml:space="preserve"><span>Nauru</span> </option><option value="/countries/nepal" xml:space="preserve"><span>Nepal</span> </option><option value="/countries/netherlands" xml:space="preserve"><span>Netherlands, The</span> </option><option value="/countries/new-zealand" xml:space="preserve"><span>New Zealand</span> </option><option value="/countries/nicaragua" xml:space="preserve"><span>Nicaragua</span> </option><option value="/countries/niger" xml:space="preserve"><span>Niger</span> </option><option value="/countries/nigeria" xml:space="preserve"><span>Nigeria</span> </option><option value="/countries/niue" xml:space="preserve"><span>Niue</span> </option><option value="/countries/north-german-confederation" xml:space="preserve"><span>North German Confederation*</span> </option><option value="/countries/north-german-union" xml:space="preserve"><span>North German Union*</span> </option><option value="/countries/macedonia" xml:space="preserve"><span>North Macedonia</span> </option><option value="/countries/norway" xml:space="preserve"><span>Norway</span> </option><option value="/countries/oldenburg" xml:space="preserve"><span>Oldenburg*</span> </option><option value="/countries/oman" xml:space="preserve"><span>Oman</span> </option><option value="/countries/orange-free-state" xml:space="preserve"><span>Orange Free State*</span> </option><option value="/countries/pakistan" xml:space="preserve"><span>Pakistan</span> </option><option value="/countries/palau" xml:space="preserve"><span>Palau</span> </option><option value="/countries/panama" xml:space="preserve"><span>Panama</span> </option><option value="/countries/papal-states" xml:space="preserve"><span>Papal States*</span> </option><option value="/countries/papua-new-guinea" xml:space="preserve"><span>Papua New Guinea</span> </option><option value="/countries/paraguay" xml:space="preserve"><span>Paraguay</span> </option><option value="/countries/peru" xml:space="preserve"><span>Peru</span> </option><option value="/countries/philippines" xml:space="preserve"><span>Philippines</span> </option><option value="/countries/piedmont-sardinia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Piedmont-Sardinia*</span> </option><option value="/countries/poland" xml:space="preserve"><span>Poland</span> </option><option value="/countries/portugal" xml:space="preserve"><span>Portugal</span> </option><option value="/countries/qatar" xml:space="preserve"><span>Qatar</span> </option><option value="/countries/genoa" xml:space="preserve"><span>Republic of Genoa*</span> </option><option value="/countries/korea-south" xml:space="preserve"><span>Republic of Korea (South Korea)</span> </option><option value="/countries/congo-republic" xml:space="preserve"><span>Republic of the Congo</span> </option><option value="/countries/romania" xml:space="preserve"><span>Romania</span> </option><option value="/countries/russia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Russia</span> </option><option value="/countries/rwanda" xml:space="preserve"><span>Rwanda</span> </option><option value="/countries/saint-kitts-nevis" xml:space="preserve"><span>Saint Kitts and Nevis</span> </option><option value="/countries/saint-lucia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Saint Lucia</span> </option><option value="/countries/saint-vincent-grenadines" xml:space="preserve"><span>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</span> </option><option value="/countries/samoa" xml:space="preserve"><span>Samoa</span> </option><option value="/countries/san-marino" xml:space="preserve"><span>San Marino</span> </option><option value="/countries/sao-tome-and-principe" xml:space="preserve"><span>Sao Tome and Principe</span> </option><option value="/countries/saudi-arabia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Saudi Arabia</span> </option><option value="/countries/schaumburg-lippe" xml:space="preserve"><span>Schaumburg-Lippe*</span> </option><option value="/countries/senegal" xml:space="preserve"><span>Senegal</span> </option><option value="/countries/serbia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Serbia</span> </option><option value="/countries/seychelles" xml:space="preserve"><span>Seychelles</span> </option><option value="/countries/sierra-leone" xml:space="preserve"><span>Sierra Leone</span> </option><option value="/countries/singapore" xml:space="preserve"><span>Singapore</span> </option><option value="/countries/slovakia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Slovakia</span> </option><option value="/countries/slovenia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Slovenia</span> </option><option value="/countries/solomon-islands" xml:space="preserve"><span>Solomon Islands, The</span> </option><option value="/countries/somalia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Somalia</span> </option><option value="/countries/south-africa" xml:space="preserve"><span>South Africa</span> </option><option value="/countries/south-sudan" xml:space="preserve"><span>South Sudan</span> </option><option value="/countries/spain" xml:space="preserve"><span>Spain</span> </option><option value="/countries/sri-lanka" xml:space="preserve"><span>Sri Lanka</span> </option><option value="/countries/sudan" xml:space="preserve"><span>Sudan</span> </option><option value="/countries/suriname" xml:space="preserve"><span>Suriname</span> </option><option value="/countries/sweden" xml:space="preserve"><span>Sweden</span> </option><option value="/countries/switzerland" xml:space="preserve"><span>Switzerland</span> </option><option value="/countries/syria" xml:space="preserve"><span>Syria</span> </option><option value="/countries/tajikistan" xml:space="preserve"><span>Tajikistan</span> </option><option value="/countries/tanzania" xml:space="preserve"><span>Tanzania</span> </option><option value="/countries/texas" xml:space="preserve"><span>Texas*</span> </option><option value="/countries/thailand" xml:space="preserve"><span>Thailand</span> </option><option value="/countries/timor-leste" xml:space="preserve"><span>Timor-Leste</span> </option><option value="/countries/togo" xml:space="preserve"><span>Togo</span> </option><option value="/countries/tonga" xml:space="preserve"><span>Tonga</span> </option><option value="/countries/trinidad-and-tobago" xml:space="preserve"><span>Trinidad and Tobago</span> </option><option value="/countries/tunisia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Tunisia</span> </option><option value="/countries/turkey" xml:space="preserve"><span>Turkey</span> </option><option value="/countries/turkmenistan" xml:space="preserve"><span>Turkmenistan</span> </option><option value="/countries/tuvalu" xml:space="preserve"><span>Tuvalu</span> </option><option value="/countries/two-sicilies" xml:space="preserve"><span>Two Sicilies*</span> </option><option value="/countries/uganda" xml:space="preserve"><span>Uganda</span> </option><option value="/countries/ukraine" xml:space="preserve"><span>Ukraine</span> </option><option value="/countries/soviet-union" xml:space="preserve"><span>Union of Soviet Socialist Republics*</span> </option><option value="/countries/united-arab-emirates" xml:space="preserve"><span>United Arab Emirates, The</span> </option><option value="/countries/united-kingdom" xml:space="preserve"><span>United Kingdom, The</span> </option><option value="/countries/uruguay" xml:space="preserve"><span>Uruguay</span> </option><option value="/countries/uzbekistan" xml:space="preserve"><span>Uzbekistan</span> </option><option value="/countries/vanuatu" xml:space="preserve"><span>Vanuatu</span> </option><option value="/countries/venezuela" xml:space="preserve"><span>Venezuela</span> </option><option value="/countries/vietnam" xml:space="preserve"><span>Vietnam</span> </option><option value="/countries/wurttemberg" xml:space="preserve"><span>Württemberg*</span> </option><option value="/countries/yemen" xml:space="preserve"><span>Yemen</span> </option><option value="/countries/zambia" xml:space="preserve"><span>Zambia</span> </option><option value="/countries/zimbabwe" xml:space="preserve"><span>Zimbabwe</span> </option></select> </div> </form> <p>An asterisk indicates former countries, previously recognized by the United States, that have been dissolved or superseded by other states.</p> <p>This guide brings together information on these subjects from among diverse and widely scattered documentary and archival sources. 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