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Examples and cases are numerous and politically sensitive, so the entry names the concept and treats specific cases neutrally with the positions of the entity, other states and international bodies attributed. Recognition affects membership of organisations, treaties and everyday matters such as passports.","purpose":"Let an agent explain states with limited recognition, relay the concept, criteria of statehood, recognition and consequences from international law and relations sources with all positions attributed, describe the named forms, and distinguish limited-recognition states from fully recognised states, autonomous regions, governments in exile and micronations, without taking sides on any specific case.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Claims statehood","Controls territory","Limited recognition","Contested status"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a limited-recognition state is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a state with limited recognition, and how does it differ from fully recognised states, autonomous regions, governments in exile and micronations?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about a specific contested case, where all parties positions should be attributed and no side taken?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"forms","name":"Forms","description":"Named forms.","findings":[{"id":"forms-finding","name":"Forms","description":"Forms.","questions":[{"text":"What are self-proclaimed states, historical unrecognized states and the Italian Partisan Republics?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific case?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"law","name":"Law","description":"Statehood and recognition.","layers":[{"id":"criteria","name":"Criteria","description":"Criteria of statehood.","findings":[{"id":"criteria-finding","name":"Criteria","description":"Criteria.","questions":[{"text":"What are the Montevideo criteria for statehood?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"recognition","name":"Recognition","description":"Recognition theories.","findings":[{"id":"recognition-finding","name":"Recognition","description":"Recognition.","questions":[{"text":"How do declaratory and constitutive theories of recognition differ?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"consequences","name":"Consequences","description":"Consequences.","layers":[{"id":"membership","name":"Membership","description":"International membership.","findings":[{"id":"membership-finding","name":"Membership","description":"Membership.","questions":[{"text":"How does limited recognition affect UN membership and treaties?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral and attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"everyday","name":"Everyday","description":"Everyday effects.","findings":[{"id":"everyday-finding","name":"Everyday","description":"Everyday.","questions":[{"text":"How does contested status affect passports and trade?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the information current?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Cases.","layers":[{"id":"cases","name":"Cases","description":"Presenting cases.","findings":[{"id":"cases-finding","name":"Cases","description":"Cases.","questions":[{"text":"How should specific limited-recognition cases be described, with all positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral and attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"Historical cases.","findings":[{"id":"history-finding","name":"History","description":"History.","questions":[{"text":"What were historical unrecognised states such as the Italian Partisan Republics?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Italian resistance movement?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe each polity's recognition status as reported by reliable sources, with dates.","Present the positions of the parties to a dispute fairly and side by side."],"mustNot":["Take sides on whether a contested polity is or is not a state.","Present recognition status as settled when it is disputed.","Treat states with limited recognition as micronations or jokes.","Produce maps or documents that misrepresent who controls a territory."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing material on a contested territory for an official or diplomatic audience."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Recognition decides people's access to passports, trade and international protection.","Wording on these cases is often used in conflict; careless framing can inflame it."],"affectedParties":["Residents of the contested territory","Neighbouring states and peoples","Displaced people"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns the status; each recognising or non-recognising state answers for its own position.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q1063239","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q15239622","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q7275","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"polity","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"Montevideo Convention","type":"related"},{"target":"sovereign state","type":"related"},{"target":"micronation","type":"related"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.state-with-limited-recognition","Wikidata: Q10711424 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10711424)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Montevideo criteria: population, territory, government, capacity for relations list - 1933","recognition: declaratory versus constitutive theories note","registry parents: polity, disputed territory, state note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["The polity claims sovereign statehood and controls territory but is recognised as a state by only some or no other states.","Historical unrecognized states and self-proclaimed states may fit this category, while the Italian Partisan Republics were resistance-administered liberated areas rather than generally claims to sovereign statehood.","Fully recognised states have broad recognition, autonomous regions are within states, governments in exile lack territory, and micronations are not serious state claims.","Not a physical object; territories with governments and contested status."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the concept and criteria","relay recognition and consequences","describe named forms","present cases neutrally with attribution"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Taking sides on contested cases","Presenting recognition as settled","Conflating with micronations"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States","UN membership rules"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Describing polities with contested international recognition.","partially recognised states","unrecognised de facto states","historical unrecognised states"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q10711424: state with limited recognition","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10711424","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: State with limited recognition","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_with_limited_recognition","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["How should specific cases be presented neutrally?","Should historical unrecognised states be a separate entry?","How should recognition status be kept current?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q10711424/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q10711424/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-14T02:27:14Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T10:10:25+00:00: completeness 1.00; 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