Dependent territories, not fully recognized countries and supranational entities are not ranked.

Province is more precise because region may also refer to supranational geographic entity.

Non-Corporate Credit generally includes sovereign debt, regional governments and government agencies in a currency other than that of the issuer, and bonds issued by supranational entities.

To some extent a group of states which do not constitute a federation as such may by treaties and accords give up parts of their sovereignty to a supranational entity.

The United States of America has been a member-state of the United Nations since its inception as a supranational entity in 1945.

In the early 2000s the party denounced the Schengen, Maastricht, and Amsterdam treaties as foundations for "a supranational entity spelling the end of France."

Postnationalism describes the process or trend by which nation states and national identities lose their importance relative to supranational and global entities.

The European integration has created a system of supranational entities and is often discussed in relationship to the concept of postnationalism.

Mr Napolitano spoke of establishing a supranational entity.

Yet today we all have come together to build our own new supranational entity - and a new identity, our European Union.