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Since [[Lemovicia]]'s proclamation of independence from [[West Miersa]] in 1979, and the subsequent [[Lemovician War]] which lasted until 1992, {{wp|international recognition}} of Lemovicia has been hampered by continued West Miersan claims to the region, which it continues to view as being part of the [[Voivodeships of West Miersa|voivodeship]] of [[Malomiersa]], and by West Miersa severing ties to any country that {{wp|de-jure}} recognises Lemovician independence (with the exceptions of [[Kirenia]] and [[East Miersa]]).

==History==
On 21 November, 1979, with the outbreak of the [[Miersan War]] between [[West Miersa]] and [[East Miersa]], the [[Lemovician Section of the Workers' International]] proclaimed the independence of what was the [[Voivodeships of West Miersa|voivodeship]] of [[Malomiersa]] from West Miersa. A [[Constitution of Lemovicia|constitution]] was adopted the following year, which proclaimed Lemovicia to be a sovereign state.

After the end of the [[Miersan War]] in 1982, and the withdrawal of direct East Miersan support, Miersan communities in Lemovicia rebelled against the Lemovician government, with the tacit support of the West Miersans, and by 1988, had taken control of western Lemovicia, leaving Lemovicia administering only the eastern regions of the country, as well as the [[Slirnian Administrative Region]].

Since the end of the Lemovician War in 1992, the situation has been described as a {{wp|frozen conflict}}, with only a handful of [[Community of Nations|CN]] members, predominantly {{wp|socialist states}} recognizing Lemovician sovereignty.

==Diplomatic recognition of Lemovician sovereignty==
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! State !! Date of recognition !! Diplomatic relations established !! Notes
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|{{flagicon|Kadaria}} [[Kadaria]] || 24 November, 1979 || 9 February, 1980 || Under the [[Supreme Leader of Kadaria|Supreme Leadership]] of [[Feridun Hüseyin Ragheb]], Kadaria officially declared recognition of Lemovicia shortly after its declaration of independence, becoming one of the first states to do so. In his statement declaring Kadarian recognition, Supreme Leader Ragheb stated the two nations have a "mutual bond shared by all peoples who struggle against Euclean imperialism and cultural genocide." While subsequent Supreme Leaders have sought reconciliatory policies towards Euclean nations, Kadarian recognition of the statelet has remained.
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==States who formerly recognized Lemovicia, but subsequently withdrew recognition==
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! State !! Date of recognition !! Diplomatic relations established !! Notes
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| {{nowrap|{{flag|Amathia}}}} || 22 November, 1979 || 6 December, 1979 ||  The [[Amathian Equalist Republic]] was among the first nations to recognize Lemvocia in November 1979, with the Equalist regime attempting to mend its relations with the socialist world. The establishment of diplomatic relations was one of the final acts of the Equalist regime, as the revolution that began in December overthrew it early the next year. The new Amathian Democratic Republic subsequently withdrew its diplomatic recognition  as part of its attempts to improve relations with the Euclean Community and Samorspi.
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==Positions by intergovernmental organisations==
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==Positions by states against Lemovician independence==
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| {{nowrap|{{flag|Etruria}} || Lemovicia's independence was met with condemnation in Etruria, which remained under an authoritarian [[Military dictatorship in Etruria|military government]] in 1979. The Etrurian military government refused to recognise Lemovicia as an independent state, describing it as an "integral part of [[West Miersa]] under socialist occupation." Despite initial rumours of a possible declaration of recognition by the centre-left government in 1985, the official position of Etruria has remained the same, with the statelet recognised as sovereign West Miersan territory. 
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| {{nowrap|{{flag|West Miersa}}|| Since Lemovicia's independence in 1979, successive West Miersan governments have continued to claim sovereignty over Lemovicia, as part of the Malomiersan and Nadmorzemian voivodeships, under the principles of {{wp|territorial integrity}}, and have maintained a strict policy of refusing to have diplomatic relations with countries who recognize Lemovician independence, with the sole exceptions of [[East Miersa]] and [[Kirenia]].
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