Some stateless nations historically had a state, which was absorbed by another for example, Tibet's declaration of independence in 1913 was not recognized, and it was reunited in 1951 by the People's Republic of China which claims that Tibet is an integral part of China, while the Tibetan government-in-exile maintains that Tibet is an independent state under an unlawful occupation. Stateless nations either are dispersed across a number of states (for example, the Yakthung Limbu People residing in east of Nepal, includes (Sikkim and Darjeeling) India and north-western part of Bangladesh as the Yakthung Limbuwan nation and Yoruba people are found in the African states of Nigeria, Benin and Togo) or form the native population of a province within a larger state (such as the Uyghur people in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region within the People's Republic of China). It was later adopted and popularized by Scottish scholars such as David McCrone, Michael Keating and T. The term was coined in 1983 by political scientist Jacques Leruez in his book L'Écosse, une nation sans État about the peculiar position of Scotland within the British state. Some of the stateless nations have a history of statehood, some were always a stateless nation, dominated by another nation. Nations without state are classified as fourth-world nations. Stateless nations are usually not represented in international sports or in international organisations such as the United Nations. Members of stateless nations may be citizens of the country in which they live, or they may be denied citizenship by that country. The term 'stateless' implies that the group 'should have' such a state (country). ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī stateless nation is an ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state. JSTOR ( October 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.

States that can survive on their own