Abkhazia and South Ossetia have secured recognition by Nicaragua, Venezuela and a handful of other real-world states.
In England, peace was broken only by Canute's expedition to Scotland in 1027, by which he secured recognition from three of the Scottish kings.
Other than the diplomatic support of Vladimir Putin, the only places they have secured recognition from are Venezuela, Nicaragua, and the Pacific islands of Vanuatu and Nauru.
In 972, he secured recognition of his title by the Byzantine Empire, which he sealed with the marriage of his son Otto II (r. 967 983) to Theophanu (d. 991), daughter of an earlier Byzantine Emperor Romanos II (r. 959 963).
In 1246 Muḥammad I secured the recognition of Ferdinand III of Castile (his neighbour on all landed frontiers) in return for a vassalage which, though often ignored, remained in force until the kingdom's disappearance in 1492.
Earlier efforts to secure recognition from the Turks had failed.
Simultaneously, the Irish Republican Army IRAA) was organized to resist British administration and to secure recognition for the government of the Irish republic.
Impress has been carefully crafted by its chief executive, Jonathan Heawood, and his board to secure recognition by attempting to meet the charter's 29 recognition criteria.
Abkhazia's foreign minister, Sergei Shamba, said his Nauruan counterpart, Kieren Keke, had promised to secure recognition for Abkhazia from other Pacific island nations.
The Quartet of peacemakers, represented by Tony Blair, has always insisted that in order to secure recognition, Hamas must respect existing peace agreements, abandon violence and recognise Israel.
The accord also comes during an impasse in negotiations with Israel and amid efforts to secure recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September.
