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 :::::The article did say that when you made your change, in the word ""state"" immediately following ""partially recognised"", and I have no personal preference between ""state"" and ""country"" there if you prefer country. I don't think the ""word"" sovereign adds too much clarification though, there's no reason to assume this is part of a federal state, especially given the surrounding context of the entire article. Taiwan and Serbia don't have it.   "