In fact, almost all the 54 members are independent countries with their own governments.
"It was the first time Australia had taken its place on the international stage as an independent country."
These things were what made America a free independent country.
They quickly built up an army of 30,000 to make an independent Protestant country.
We don't know what we'll be in the future, an independent country, a part of China or whatever.
If this is true we are absolutely the 51st State and no longer an independent country.
It is not our problem to check if some people in a different independent country have enough food.
Instead, many simply want an independent country, separate from China.
Today, you are the President of a free, democratic, independent country.
From 1795 to 1918, Poland was not an independent country.