SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA 3480625 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-224223"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-does-it-take-for-a-country-to-get-us-diplomatic-recognition%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+does+it+take+for+a+country+to+get+US+diplomatic+recognition%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-does-it-take-for-a-country-to-get-us-diplomatic-recognition&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat does it take for a country to get US diplomatic recognition?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-does-it-take-for-a-country-to-get-us-diplomatic-recognition" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="75abdb6f1d4d7d7df21c5dadba32e146" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/224/223/for_gallery_v2/bdd6fa9.jpeg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/224/223/large_v3/bdd6fa9.jpeg" alt="Bdd6fa9" /></a></div></div>Liberland seems to have met all the usual criteria for a nation-state, but it doesn&#39;t have diplomatic recognition from the US or any other major country. Why is that?<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mjilonline.org/an-argument-for-the-international-recognition-of-liberland/">http://www.mjilonline.org/an-argument-for-the-international-recognition-of-liberland/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/275/712/qrc/MJILFull-1.png?1522009349"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.mjilonline.org/an-argument-for-the-international-recognition-of-liberland/">An Argument for the International Recognition of Liberland — The Michigan Journal of...</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Christopher Balch, Vol. 37 Associate Editor Along the shores of the Danube and wedged between Croatia and Serbia there exists …</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2018-03-25T16:22:30-04:00 SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA 3480625

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-224223"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-does-it-take-for-a-country-to-get-us-diplomatic-recognition%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+does+it+take+for+a+country+to+get+US+diplomatic+recognition%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-does-it-take-for-a-country-to-get-us-diplomatic-recognition&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat does it take for a country to get US diplomatic recognition?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-does-it-take-for-a-country-to-get-us-diplomatic-recognition" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="f1c7ae6a5171da7445e9e483a0113e63" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/224/223/for_gallery_v2/bdd6fa9.jpeg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/224/223/large_v3/bdd6fa9.jpeg" alt="Bdd6fa9" /></a></div></div>Liberland seems to have met all the usual criteria for a nation-state, but it doesn&#39;t have diplomatic recognition from the US or any other major country. Why is that?<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mjilonline.org/an-argument-for-the-international-recognition-of-liberland/">http://www.mjilonline.org/an-argument-for-the-international-recognition-of-liberland/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/275/712/qrc/MJILFull-1.png?1522009349"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.mjilonline.org/an-argument-for-the-international-recognition-of-liberland/">An Argument for the International Recognition of Liberland — The Michigan Journal of...</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Christopher Balch, Vol. 37 Associate Editor Along the shores of the Danube and wedged between Croatia and Serbia there exists …</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2018-03-25T16:22:30-04:00 2018-03-25T16:22:30-04:00 SPC Margaret Higgins 3480636

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="543448" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/543448-spc-elijah-j-henry-mba">SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA</a>: I don&#39;t know.

2018-03-25T16:23:37-04:00 2018-03-25T16:23:37-04:00 Sgt Private RallyPoint Member 3480871

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Planting a flag in a 7 Kilometer disputed section of land and proclaiming that you are a nation does not make you a nation. This very small area of land will not receive U.S. recognition.

2018-03-25T17:20:16-04:00 2018-03-25T17:20:16-04:00 COL Private RallyPoint Member 3481047

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It’s political. If you recognize a country that has split from an ally then you are insulting their sovereignty. If you recognize a country that has split from a competitor then you are recognizing a portion of their sovereign nation is up for grabs and that makes for retaliation. We still do not recognize that Crimea is sovereign or part of Russia.

2018-03-25T18:17:27-04:00 2018-03-25T18:17:27-04:00 SSG Edward Tilton 3481148

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If Serbia or Croatia did they would be giving up their claim to the place.

2018-03-25T18:55:28-04:00 2018-03-25T18:55:28-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 3481175

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If nobody else recognizes you as a state, you are not a state.

2018-03-25T19:03:02-04:00 2018-03-25T19:03:02-04:00 2018-03-25T16:22:30-04:00