List of stateless societies
Summary
This is a non-exhaustive list of societies that have been described as examples of stateless societies.
Originally created by Grnrchst
2/12/2021, 7:59:02 PM
Modified
8/15/2025, 8:50:27 PM
Recent revisions
Moving [[:Category:Anarchism lists]] to [[:Category:Anarchism-related lists]] per [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy]]
Removing link(s) to "Tallensi Traditional Area": Removing links to deleted page Tallensi Traditional Area.
/* Historical societies */ Removed incorrectly assigned ISBN
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1282665265|1282665265]] by [[Special:Contributions/182.218.211.231|182.218.211.231]] ([[User talk:182.218.211.231|talk]]) Reverted addition of unsourced content; feel free to reinstate with citations to [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] that [[WP:V|verify]] that these are/were stateless societies.
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/* Historical societies */ "commune" here is not used in the sense of "stateless society". The Black-led Reconstruction GOVERNMENT in South Carolina from 1868-1874 was dubbed the Commune in question here..
/* Historical societies */ No historians consider the early icelandic society to have been a "stateless" society, only some libertarians economists have advanced this bizarre claim
/* Historical societies */
Removed the link to "List of anarchist communities" since it redirects to the page for "anarchism"
/* Historical societies */ "Norse and Catholic" is a potentially misleading formulation - these were not two groups
/* Indigenous societies */ They have some form of country likely Republic with regional parliament with chiefdoms and slaves. does not looks like classless society
Undid revision 1207664660 by [[Special:Contributions/Tyler788|Tyler788]] ([[User talk:Tyler788|talk]]) Cited sources again [[WP:FAILEDVERIFICATION|failed verification]], as none of them describe the Kharijites as a stateless society. If you want to claim them as "anarchist", then feel free to do that on a more appropriate article.
/* Historical societies */ Add sect of Islam associated with anarchism including citations and an appropriate quote from a source showing why a historian believes this group should count as a stateless society
/* top */ rm dupilicating "Iceland"
Reverted 2 edits by [[Special:Contributions/Tyler788|Tyler788]] ([[User talk:Tyler788|talk]]): Both of these additions [[WP:FAILEDVERIFICATION|failed verification]], as none of the cited sources describe the Kharijites or Qarmatians as "stateless". Corm 2020 never mentions statelessness in any context, while Crone 2000 and Fiscella 2009 only describe [[pre-Islamic Arabia]] as a stateless society.
Another potentially stateless society
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Add society characterized as stateless by some text
