word | | Dependency status |
| collectivity | French Polynesia | overseas lands of France; overseas territory of France from 1946-2003; overseas collectivity of France since 2003, though it is often referred to as an overseas country due to its degree of autonomy |
| collectivity | Mayotte | departmental collectivity of France |
| collectivity | New Caledonia | territorial collectivity (or a sui generis collectivity) of France since 1998 |
| collectivity | Saint Barthelemy | overseas collectivity of France |
| collectivity | Saint Martin | overseas collectivity of France |
| collectivity | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France |
| Commander | Akrotiri | a special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus |
| Commander | Dhekelia | a special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus |
| commander | Jan Mayen | territory of Norway; since August 1994, administered from Oslo through the county governor (fylkesmann) of Nordland; however, authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian Defense Communication Service |
| commissioner | British Indian Ocean Territory | overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London |
| commissioner | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina; administered from the Falkland Islands by a commissioner, who is concurrently governor of the Falkland Islands, representing Queen ELIZABETH II |
| Commonwealth | British Indian Ocean Territory | overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London |
| commonwealth | Northern Mariana Islands | commonwealth in political union with the US; federal funds to the Commonwealth administered by the US Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs |