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and do native american countries/territories count too?

What? I'm a little confused about what you think Native American areas are like and why?

My point was less about what they are like, but more alluding to the fact that they are their own nations.

That would be a myth, and not quite what "sovereignty" means in that context.

It might depend on which one. Modest lifestyles in those places isn't always by choice