Originally Posted by
ironmanjt
Why not transdniester? They've been printing their own currency, enforcing their own borders and visas for around 15 years now.
If you're going to include Transdniester you probably need to add on South Ossetia, Abkhazia and potentially Nagorno-Karabach as well.
Personally, I do UN member states plus the Holy See, Kosovo plus Taiwan which I think is the most conservative "count". I also count in the Traveler's Century Club format for lols.