• Research: What is a sovereign nation, how many sovereign nations are recognized as members by the United Nations and how many sovereign nations are recognized by the US State Department. Compare the lists. Specify your sources.
• DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA or Google as your source.

Questions:

1. Define: what is a sovereign nation.
2. How many sovereign nations are recognized as members by the UN, and how many are recognized by the US State Department?
3. Are the number of sovereign nations recognized by each (UN and US State Dept.) and the criteria used the same?
4. If not, how do they differ?

Do not post the entire list of sovereign nations.