Talk:Taiwanball/@comment-37092193-20190908190304

Taiwan is not a country because:

One, it does not have international recognition. Barely 13% of the total countries in the world recognize Taiwan as a sovereign nation. You might notice a pattern; most of the nations which recognize Taiwan are developing and/or poor nations. This is because Taiwan gives money to such nations, and, in return, receives recogniztion.

Two, it does not have United Nations membership of any sort. Not even a non-member observer status like Palestineball or  Vaticanball. The only status which Taiwan can be categorized in is 'not members of the U.N. but are recognized by at least one country that is a U.N. member,' along with Western Saharaball,  Kosovoball,  South Ossetiaball,  Abkhazia, and finally,  Northern Cyprus.