• Self-proclaimed states & effectively sovereign entities (Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: states claiming a large divided territory (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: non-contiguous states (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: (arguably) non-national federations (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: feeble and failed states (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: territories controlled by non-state Islamist organizations (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: states with active separatist movements (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: states with disputed boundaries (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: non-sovereign territories (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: non-UN member, incomplete international recognition (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: incomplete international recognition (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: states with barely functioning central governments (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: territories annexed by neighboring states (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: states that have annexed territories of neighboring states (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: states that do not control their entire territory (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: self-proclaimed states with some international recognition (Greater Middle East)
• Anomalies on the standard geopolitical map: self-proclaimed states and effectively sovereign entities (Greater Middle East)
• Geopolitically unstable states (World)
• States emerged after 1990 (Greater Middle East)