The Kingdom of Gnome has been a Sovereign State since 2011. 

Montevideo Convention of 1933, Article One
The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications:
(A) A permanent population
(B) A defined territory
(C) Government
(D) Capacity to enter into relations with the other states.

 

Article Three:
"The political existence of the state is independent of recognition by the other states."

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Montevideo Convention Article Eleven/ 
Article 2 Paragraph 4 of the Charter of the United Nations:
"The contracting states definitely establish the rule of their conduct the precise obligation not to recognize territorial acquisitions or advantages that have been obtained by force whether this consists in the employment of arms, in threatening diplomatic representations, or in any other effective coercive measure"

Charter of the U.N. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Article 1:
All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.