[Dylan16807]

The thread started on countries so desperate for a scrap of recognition that a single letter is extremely important.

When you point out countries that are only officially recognized by half the countries on the planet, that's not in the same ballpark. Those countries have widespread but not universal recognition.

For a proper example of an "unrecognized" country... I'd say for sure there should be less than 10 UN members that recognize it, and even that is an intentionally loose bound.