List of stateless societies

This is a list of societies that have been described as examples of stateless societies.

There is no universally accepted definition of what constitutes a state, or to what extent a stateless group must be independent of the de jure or de facto control of states so as to be considered a society by itself.

Historical societies

The following groups have been cited as examples of stateless societies by some commentators.

Indigenous societies

Human society predates the existence of states, meaning that the history of almost any ethnic group would include pre-state organisation. The groups listed below have been identified as examples of stateless societies by various commentators, including discussions relating to anarchism.

See also

• List of anarchist communities
• Stateless society
• Stateless nation
• Statelessness

References

1. Stateless society
2. Lists of active separatist movements
3. Lists of historical separatist movements
4. Stateless nation
5. Statelessness
6. Anarchism
7. State (polity)
8. Statelessness in Lebanon
9. Bedoon
10. Outline of anarchism
11. Multinational corporation
12. Politics
13. Nationality
14. List of forms of government
15. List of sovereign states by date of formation
16. Hunter-gatherer
17. List of diasporas
18. List of countries by ethnic groups
19. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
20. Nansen passport