How to create your own country – a beginner's guide
From a national flag to sporting heroes, what will breakaway Bougainville need to become the world’s newest state?
by Martin Belam
Dec 11, 2019
2 minutes
Bougainville has voted overwhelmingly for independence from Papua New Guinea, but what happens next when you want to become an independent state? What do you have to do to become a new country?
Who needs to recognise you as independent?
There isn’t a simple step-by-step guide in law to
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