title: New states
text: # New states
  
  New states may refer to:
  
  ## Creating new sovereign states (countries)
  
  * List of proposed state mergers to create new sovereign states
  * Lists of active separatist movements
  * List of historical separatist movements
  
  ## Creating new administrative subdivisions within countries
  
  * 51st state, possible new states in the United States
  * List of U.S. state partition proposals
  * New states of Germany, five German states recreated in 1990
  * List of proposed states of Australia
  * List of proposed provinces and territories of Canada
  * List of proposed states and territories of India
  