FIPS 10-4: Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions (FIPS PUB 10-4) is maintained by the Office of the Geographer and Global Issues (Department of State) and published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce). These two-character alphabetic codes are included in Data code entry under the Government category. FIPS 10-4 codes are intended for general use throughout the US Government, especially in activities associated with the mission of the Department of State and national defense programs.
ISO 3166: Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries (ISO 3166) is prepared by the International Organization for Standardization. ISO 3166 includes two- and three-character alphabetic codes and three-digit numeric codes that may be needed for activities involving exchange of data with international organizations that have adopted that standard. Except for the numeric codes, ISO 3166 codes have been adopted in the US as FIPS 104-1: American National Standard Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries, Dependencies, and Areas of Special Sovereignty for Information Interchange.
Internet: This is a provisional compilation that generally agrees with the ISO 3166 two-character alphabetic codes.
|
Entity |
FIPS 10-4 |
ISO 3166 |
ISO 3166 |
ISO 3166 |
Internet |
Comment |
|
Afghanistan |
AF |
AF |
AFG |
004 |
AF |
|
|
Albania |
AL |
AL |
ALB |
008 |
AL |
|
|
Algeria |
AG |
DZ |
DZA |
012 |
DZ |
|
|
American Samoa |
AQ |
AS |
ASM |
016 |
AS |
|
|
Andorra |
AN |
AD |
AND |
020 |
AD |
|
|
Angola |
AO |
AO |
AGO |
024 |
AO |
|
|
Anguilla |
AV |
AI |
AIA |
660 |
AI |
|
|
Antarctica |
AY |
AQ |
ATA |
010 |
AQ |
ISO defines as the territory south of 60 degrees south latitude |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
AC |
AG |
ATG |
028 |
AG |
|
|
Argentina |
AR |
AR |
ARG |
032 |
AR |
|
|
Armenia |
AM |
AM |
ARM |
051 |
AM |
|
|
Aruba |
AA |
AW |
ABW |
533 |
AW |
|
|
Ashmore and Cartier |
AT |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with Australia |
|
Australia |
AS |
AU |
AUS |
036 |
AU |
ISO includes Ashmore and Cartier Islands,Coral Sea Islands |
|
Austria |
AU |
AT |
AUT |
040 |
AT |
|
|
Azerbaijan |
AJ |
AZ |
AZE |
031 |
AZ |
|
|
The Bahamas |
BF |
BS |
BHS |
044 |
BS |
|
|
Bahrain |
BA |
BH |
BHR |
048 |
BH |
|
|
Baker Island |
FQ |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands |
|
Bangladesh |
BG |
BD |
BGD |
050 |
BD |
|
|
Barbados |
BB |
BB |
BRB |
052 |
BB |
|
|
Bassas da India |
BS |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands |
|
Belarus |
BO |
BY |
BLR |
112 |
BY |
|
|
Belgium |
BE |
BE |
BEL |
056 |
BE |
|
|
Belize |
BH |
BZ |
BLZ |
084 |
BZ |
|
|
Benin |
BN |
BJ |
BEN |
204 |
BJ |
|
|
Bermuda |
BD |
BM |
BMU |
060 |
BM |
|
|
Bhutan |
BT |
BT |
BTN |
064 |
BT |
|
|
Bolivia |
BL |
BO |
BOL |
068 |
BO |
|
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BK |
BA |
BIH |
070 |
BA |
|
|
Botswana |
BC |
BW |
BWA |
072 |
BW |
|
|
Bouvet Island |
BV |
BV |
BVT |
074 |
BV |
|
|
Brazil |
BR |
BR |
BRA |
076 |
BR |
|
|
British Indian Ocean Territory |
IO |
IO |
IOT |
086 |
IO |
|
|
British Virgin Islands |
VI |
VG |
VGB |
092 |
VG |
|
|
Brunei |
BX |
BN |
BRN |
096 |
BN |
|
|
Bulgaria |
BU |
BG |
BGR |
100 |
BG |
|
|
Burkina Faso |
UV |
BF |
BFA |
854 |
BF |
|
|
Burma |
BM |
MM |
MMR |
104 |
MM |
ISO uses the name Myanmar |
|
Burundi |
BY |
BI |
BDI |
108 |
BI |
|
|
Cambodia |
CB |
KH |
KHM |
116 |
KH |
|
|
Cameroon |
CM |
CM |
CMR |
120 |
CM |
|
|
Canada |
CA |
CA |
CAN |
124 |
CA |
|
|
Cape Verde |
CV |
CV |
CPV |
132 |
CV |
|
|
Cayman Islands |
CJ |
KY |
CYM |
136 |
KY |
|
|
Central African Republic |
CT |
CF |
CAF |
140 |
CF |
|
|
Chad |
CD |
TD |
TCD |
148 |
TD |
|
|
Chile |
CI |
CL |
CHL |
152 |
CL |
|
|
China |
CH |
CN |
CHN |
156 |
CN |
see also Taiwan |
|
Christmas Island |
KT |
CX |
CXR |
162 |
CX |
|
|
Clipperton Island |
IP |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with French Polynesia |
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
CK |
CC |
CCK |
166 |
CC |
|
|
Colombia |
CO |
CO |
COL |
170 |
CO |
|
|
Comoros |
CN |
KM |
COM |
174 |
KM |
|
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
CG |
ZR |
ZAR |
180 |
ZR |
formerly Zaire |
|
Congo, Republic of the |
CF |
CG |
COG |
178 |
CG |
|
|
Cook Islands |
CW |
CK |
COK |
184 |
CK |
|
|
Coral Sea Islands |
CR |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with Australia |
|
Costa Rica |
CS |
CR |
CRI |
188 |
CR |
|
|
Cote d'Ivoire |
IV |
CI |
CIV |
384 |
CI |
|
|
Croatia |
HR |
HR |
HRV |
191 |
HR |
|
|
Cuba |
CU |
CU |
CUB |
192 |
CU |
|
|
Cyprus |
CY |
CY |
CYP |
196 |
CY |
|
|
Czech Republic |
EZ |
CZ |
CZE |
203 |
CZ |
|
|
Denmark |
DA |
DK |
DNK |
208 |
DK |
|
|
Djibouti |
DJ |
DJ |
DJI |
262 |
DJ |
|
|
Dominica |
DO |
DM |
DMA |
212 |
DM |
|
|
Dominican Republic |
DR |
DO |
DOM |
214 |
DO |
|
|
East Timor |
-- |
TP |
TMP |
626 |
TP |
FIPS includes with Indonesia |
|
Ecuador |
EC |
EC |
ECU |
218 |
EC |
|
|
Egypt |
EG |
EG |
EGY |
818 |
EG |
|
|
El Salvador |
ES |
SV |
SLV |
222 |
SV |
|
|
Equatorial Guinea |
EK |
GQ |
GNQ |
226 |
GQ |
|
|
Eritrea |
ER |
ER |
ERI |
232 |
ER |
|
|
Estonia |
EN |
EE |
EST |
233 |
EE |
|
|
Ethiopia |
ET |
ET |
ETH |
231 |
ET |
|
|
Europa Island |
EU |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands |
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
FA |
FK |
FLK |
238 |
FK |
|
|
Faroe Islands |
FO |
FO |
FRO |
234 |
FO |
|
|
Fiji |
FJ |
FJ |
FJI |
242 |
FJ |
|
|
Finland |
FI |
FI |
FIN |
246 |
FI |
|
|
France |
FR |
FR |
FRA |
250 |
FR |
|
|
France, Metropolitan |
-- |
FX |
FXX |
249 |
FX |
ISO limits to the European part of France, excluding French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna |
|
French Guiana |
FG |
GF |
GUF |
254 |
GF |
|
|
French Polynesia |
FP |
PF |
PYF |
258 |
PF |
ISO includes Clipperton Island |
|
French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
FS |
TF |
ATF |
260 |
-- |
FIPS 10-4 does not include the French-claimed portion of Antarctica (Terre Adelie) |
|
Gabon |
GB |
GA |
GAB |
266 |
GA |
|
|
The Gambia |
GA |
GM |
GMB |
270 |
GM |
|
|
Gaza Strip |
GZ |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
|
Georgia |
GG |
GE |
GEO |
268 |
GE |
|
|
Germany |
GM |
DE |
DEU |
276 |
DE |
|
|
Ghana |
GH |
GH |
GHA |
288 |
GH |
|
|
Gibraltar |
GI |
GI |
GIB |
292 |
GI |
|
|
Glorioso Islands |
GO |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands |
|
Greece |
GR |
GR |
GRC |
300 |
GR |
|
|
Greenland |
GL |
GL |
GRL |
304 |
GL |
|
|
Grenada |
GJ |
GD |
GRD |
308 |
GD |
|
|
Guadeloupe |
GP |
GP |
GLP |
312 |
GP |
|
|
Guam |
GQ |
GU |
GUM |
316 |
GU |
|
|
Guatemala |
GT |
GT |
GTM |
320 |
GT |
|
|
Guernsey |
GK |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the United Kingdom |
|
Guinea |
GV |
GN |
GIN |
324 |
GN |
|
|
Guinea-Bissau |
PU |
GW |
GNB |
624 |
GW |
|
|
Guyana |
GY |
GY |
GUY |
328 |
GY |
|
|
Haiti |
HA |
HT |
HTI |
332 |
HT |
|
|
Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
HM |
HM |
HMD |
334 |
HM |
|
|
Holy See (Vatican City) |
VT |
VA |
VAT |
336 |
VA |
|
|
Honduras |
HO |
HN |
HND |
340 |
HN |
|
|
Hong Kong |
HK |
HK |
HKG |
344 |
HK |
|
|
Howland Island |
HQ |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands |
|
Hungary |
HU |
HU |
HUN |
348 |
HU |
|
|
Iceland |
IC |
IS |
ISL |
352 |
IS |
|
|
India |
IN |
IN |
IND |
356 |
IN |
|
|
Indonesia |
ID |
ID |
IDN |
360 |
ID |
|
|
Iran |
IR |
IR |
IRN |
364 |
IR |
|
|
Iraq |
IZ |
IQ |
IRQ |
368 |
IQ |
|
|
Ireland |
EI |
IE |
IRL |
372 |
IE |
|
|
Israel |
IS |
IL |
ISR |
376 |
IL |
|
|
Italy |
IT |
IT |
ITA |
380 |
IT |
|
|
Jamaica |
JM |
JM |
JAM |
388 |
JM |
|
|
Jan Mayen |
JN |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with Svalbard |
|
Japan |
JA |
JP |
JPN |
392 |
JP |
|
|
Jarvis Island |
DQ |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands |
|
Jersey |
JE |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the United Kingdom |
|
Johnston Atoll |
JQ |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands |
|
Jordan |
JO |
JO |
JOR |
400 |
JO |
|
|
Juan de Nova Island |
JU |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands |
|
Kazakhstan |
KZ |
KZ |
KAZ |
398 |
KZ |
|
|
Kenya |
KE |
KE |
KEN |
404 |
KE |
|
|
Kingman Reef |
KQ |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands |
|
Kiribati |
KR |
KI |
KIR |
296 |
KI |
|
|
Korea, North |
KN |
KP |
PRK |
408 |
KP |
|
|
Korea, South |
KS |
KR |
KOR |
410 |
KR |
|
|
Kuwait |
KU |
KW |
KWT |
414 |
KW |
|
|
Kyrgyzstan |
KG |
KG |
KGZ |
417 |
KG |
|
|
Laos |
LA |
LA |
LAO |
418 |
LA |
|
|
Latvia |
LG |
LV |
LVA |
428 |
LV |
|
|
Lebanon |
LE |
LB |
LBN |
422 |
LB |
|
|
Lesotho |
LT |
LS |
LSO |
426 |
LS |
|
|
Liberia |
LI |
LR |
LBR |
430 |
LR |
|
|
Libya |
LY |
LY |
LBY |
434 |
LY |
|
|
Liechtenstein |
LS |
LI |
LIE |
438 |
LI |
|
|
Lithuania |
LH |
LT |
LTU |
440 |
LT |
|
|
Luxembourg |
LU |
LU |
LUX |
442 |
LU |
|
|
Macau |
MC |
MO |
MAC |
446 |
MO |
|
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of |
MK |
MK |
MKD |
807 |
MK |
|
|
Madagascar |
MA |
MG |
MDG |
450 |
MG |
|
|
Malawi |
MI |
MW |
MWI |
454 |
MW |
|
|
Malaysia |
MY |
MY |
MYS |
458 |
MY |
|
|
Maldives |
MV |
MV |
MDV |
462 |
MV |
|
|
Mali |
ML |
ML |
MLI |
466 |
ML |
|
|
Malta |
MT |
MT |
MLT |
470 |
MT |
|
|
Man, Isle of |
IM |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the United Kingdom |
|
Marshall Islands |
RM |
MH |
MHL |
584 |
MH |
|
|
Martinique |
MB |
MQ |
MTQ |
474 |
MQ |
|
|
Mauritania |
MR |
MR |
MRT |
478 |
MR |
|
|
Mauritius |
MP |
MU |
MUS |
480 |
MU |
|
|
Mayotte |
MF |
YT |
MYT |
175 |
YT |
|
|
Mexico |
MX |
MX |
MEX |
484 |
MX |
|
|
Micronesia, Federated States of |
FM |
FSM |
583 |
FM |
|
|
|
Midway Islands |
MQ |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands |
|
Miscellaneous (French) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
ISO includes Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands , Juan de Nova Island, Tromelin Island |
|
Moldova |
MD |
MD |
MDA |
498 |
MD |
|
|
Monaco |
MN |
MC |
MCO |
492 |
MC |
|
|
Mongolia |
MG |
MN |
MNG |
496 |
MN |
|
|
Montenegro* |
MW |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
see footnote at end of table |
|
Montserrat |
MH |
MS |
MSR |
500 |
MS |
|
|
Morocco |
MO |
MA |
MAR |
504 |
MA |
|
|
Mozambique |
MZ |
MZ |
MOZ |
508 |
MZ |
|
|
Myanmar |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
see Burma |
|
Namibia |
WA |
NA |
NAM |
516 |
NA |
|
|
Nauru |
NR |
NR |
NRU |
520 |
NR |
|
|
Navassa Island |
BQ |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
|
Nepal |
NP |
NP |
NPL |
524 |
NP |
|
|
Netherlands |
NL |
NL |
NLD |
528 |
NL |
|
|
Netherlands Antilles |
NT |
AN |
ANT |
530 |
AN |
|
|
New Caledonia |
NC |
NC |
NCL |
540 |
NC |
|
|
New Zealand |
NZ |
NZ |
NZL |
554 |
NZ |
|
|
Nicaragua |
NU |
NI |
NIC |
558 |
NI |
|
|
Niger |
NG |
NE |
NER |
562 |
NE |
|
|
Nigeria |
NI |
NG |
NGA |
566 |
NG |
|
|
Niue |
NE |
NU |
NIU |
570 |
NU |
|
|
Norfolk Island |
NF |
NF |
NFK |
574 |
NF |
|
|
Northern Mariana Islands |
CQ |
MP |
MNP |
580 |
MP |
|
|
Norway |
NO |
NO |
NOR |
578 |
NO |
|
|
Oman |
MU |
OM |
OMN |
512 |
OM |
|
|
Pakistan |
PK |
PK |
PAK |
586 |
PK |
|
|
Palau |
PS |
PW |
PLW |
585 |
PW |
|
|
Palmyra Atoll |
LQ |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands |
|
Panama |
PM |
PA |
PAN |
591 |
PA |
|
|
Papua New Guinea |
PP |
PG |
PNG |
598 |
PG |
|
|
Paracel Islands |
PF |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
|
Paraguay |
PA |
PY |
PRY |
600 |
PY |
|
|
Peru |
PE |
PE |
PER |
604 |
PE |
|
|
Philippines |
RP |
PH |
PHL |
608 |
PH |
|
|
Pitcairn Islands |
PC |
PN |
PCN |
612 |
PN |
|
|
Poland |
PL |
PL |
POL |
616 |
PL |
|
|
Portugal |
PO |
PT |
PRT |
620 |
PT |
|
|
Puerto Rico |
RQ |
PR |
PRI |
630 |
PR |
|
|
Qatar |
QA |
QA |
QAT |
634 |
QA |
|
|
Reunion |
RE |
RE |
REU |
638 |
RE |
|
|
Romania |
RO |
RO |
ROM |
642 |
RO |
|
|
Russia |
RS |
RU |
RUS |
643 |
RU |
|
|
Rwanda |
RW |
RW |
RWA |
646 |
RW |
|
|
Saint Helena |
SH |
SH |
SHN |
654 |
SH |
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
SC |
KN |
KNA |
659 |
KN |
|
|
Saint Lucia |
ST |
LC |
LCA |
662 |
LC |
|
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
SB |
PM |
SPM |
666 |
PM |
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
VC |
VC |
VCT |
670 |
VC |
|
|
Samoa |
WS |
WS |
WSM |
882 |
WS |
-- |
|
San Marino |
SM |
SM |
SMR |
674 |
SM |
|
|
Sao Tome and Principe |
TP |
ST |
STP |
678 |
ST |
|
|
Saudi Arabia |
SA |
SA |
SAU |
682 |
SA |
|
|
Senegal |
SG |
SN |
SEN |
686 |
SN |
|
|
Serbia* |
SR |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
see footnote at end of table |
|
Serbia and Montenegro* |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
see footnote at end of table |
|
Seychelles |
SE |
SC |
SYC |
690 |
SC |
|
|
Sierra Leone |
SL |
SL |
SLE |
694 |
SL |
|
|
Singapore |
SN |
SG |
SGP |
702 |
SG |
|
|
Slovakia |
LO |
SK |
SVK |
703 |
SK |
|
|
Slovenia |
SI |
SI |
SVN |
705 |
SI |
|
|
Solomon Islands |
BP |
SB |
SLB |
090 |
SB |
|
|
Somalia |
SO |
SO |
SOM |
706 |
SO |
|
|
South Africa |
SF |
ZA |
ZAF |
710 |
ZA |
|
|
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
SX |
GS |
SGS |
239 |
GS |
|
|
Spain |
SP |
ES |
ESP |
724 |
ES |
|
|
Spratly Islands |
PG |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
|
Sri Lanka |
CE |
LK |
LKA |
144 |
LK |
|
|
Sudan |
SU |
SD |
SDN |
736 |
SD |
|
|
Suriname |
NS |
SR |
SUR |
740 |
SR |
|
|
Svalbard |
SV |
SJ |
SJM |
744 |
SJ |
ISO includes Jan Mayen |
|
Swaziland |
WZ |
SZ |
SWZ |
748 |
SZ |
|
|
Sweden |
SW |
SE |
SWE |
752 |
SE |
|
|
Switzerland |
SZ |
CH |
CHE |
756 |
CH |
|
|
Syria |
SY |
SY |
SYR |
760 |
SY |
|
|
Taiwan |
TW |
TW |
TWN |
158 |
TW |
|
|
Tajikistan |
TI |
TJ |
TJK |
762 |
TJ |
|
|
Tanzania |
TZ |
TZ |
TZA |
834 |
TZ |
|
|
Thailand |
TH |
TH |
THA |
764 |
TH |
|
|
Togo |
TO |
TG |
TGO |
768 |
TG |
|
|
Tokelau |
TL |
TK |
TKL |
772 |
TK |
|
|
Tonga |
TN |
TO |
TON |
776 |
TO |
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
TD |
TT |
TTO |
780 |
TT |
|
|
Tromelin Island |
TE |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands |
|
Tunisia |
TS |
TN |
TUN |
788 |
TN |
|
|
Turkey |
TU |
TR |
TUR |
792 |
TR |
|
|
Turkmenistan |
TX |
TM |
TKM |
795 |
TM |
|
|
Turks and Caicos Islands |
TK |
TC |
TCA |
796 |
TC |
|
|
Tuvalu |
TV |
TV |
TUV |
798 |
TV |
|
|
Uganda |
UG |
UG |
UGA |
800 |
UG |
|
|
Ukraine |
UP |
UA |
UKR |
804 |
UA |
|
|
United Arab Emirates |
TC |
AE |
ARE |
784 |
AE |
|
|
United Kingdom |
UK |
GB |
GBR |
826 |
UK/GB |
ISO includes Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey |
|
United States |
US |
US |
USA |
840 |
US |
|
|
United States Minor Outlying Islands |
-- |
UM |
UMI |
581 |
UM |
ISO includes Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Wake Island |
|
Uruguay |
UY |
UY |
URY |
858 |
UY |
|
|
Uzbekistan |
UZ |
UZ |
UZB |
860 |
UZ |
|
|
Vanuatu |
NH |
VU |
VUT |
548 |
VU |
|
|
Venezuela |
VE |
VE |
VEN |
862 |
UE |
|
|
Vietnam |
VM |
VN |
VNM |
704 |
VN |
|
|
Virgin Islands |
VQ |
VI |
VIR |
850 |
VI |
|
|
Virgin Islands (UK) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
see British Virgin Islands |
|
Virgin Islands (US) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
see Virgin Islands |
|
Wake Island |
WQ |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands |
|
Wallis and Futuna |
WF |
WF |
WLF |
876 |
WF |
|
|
West Bank |
WE |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
|
Western Sahara |
WI |
EH |
ESH |
732 |
EH |
|
|
Western Samoa |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
see Samoa |
|
Yemen |
YM |
YE |
YEM |
887 |
YE |
|
|
Yugoslavia* |
-- |
YU |
YUG |
891 |
YU |
see footnote at end of table |
|
Zaire |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
see Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Zambia |
ZA |
ZM |
ZWB |
894 |
ZM |
|
|
Zimbabwe |
ZI |
ZW |
ZWE |
716 |
ZW |
|
Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint independent state,but this entity has not been formally recognized as a state by the US; the US view is that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has dissolved and that none of the successor republics represents its continuation.