This template is designed to be used with List of sovereign states by year articles.

{{List of sovereign states strapline|YYYY}} for years 1, 2, ..., present

{{List of sovereign states strapline|-YYY}} for years 1 BC, 2 BC, ...

Use {{List of sovereign states strapline|1848}} in List of sovereign states in 1848.

See what links to this template for live examples.

This template will automatically add the transcluding page to the following categories

• [[Category:YYYY-related lists]], if it exists, otherwise
  • [[Category:YYYY]], plus
  • [[Category:YYY0s-related lists]], if it exists
• [[Category:Lists of sovereign states by year]]
• [[Category:YYYY in international relations]]

To disable this feature (for demonstration pages) use |_nocat=true.

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