3. Kosovo
Kosovo is a small autonomous state that is currently recognized by 80 UN member states and Taiwan. However, Serbia refuses to recognize Kosovo as its own state and continues to call it the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. Kosovo is a small country with a population of just over 1.8 million and a GDP of $18.8 billion.
In the early 90s the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia experienced a decline which caused the state to fracture into several pieces. 5 states were created Bosnia and Herzegovivna, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia and FR Yugoslavia. It was FR Yugoslavia that maintained control of Kosovo. Kosovo also wanted their independence and thus started the Kosovo War from 1989 until 1999 to get their independence.
The Kosovo Liberation Army received support from the UN which went as far as to bomb FR Yugoslavia. When the war ended and Yugoslavia was forced to withdraw, it split into two states, Serbia and Montenegro in 2006. Kosovo which had become a UN protectorate during the war and after, declared its independence in 2008.
Kosovo remained under the watch of the International community, with the UN placing the International Civilian Office in Kosovo which would monitor the government and its decisions along with the International Steering Group (comprised of all the nations that recognized Kosovo0. In 2012, both the International Civilian Office and the International Steering Group left the country and left them to govern themselves. However, the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo which began in 2008 and was set to end in 2012 has been extended multiple times. The European Rule of Law Mission provides thousands of police and judicial personnel in Kosovo in order to maintain law and order. They will currently remain in Kosovo until 2018.