But there are a variety of other conflicts that resemble these but get less attention. For example, Quebec and the Kurdish question are less well-known but equally volatile. Other examples include Chiapas, Eritrea, and. While one example from the Soviet disintegration is in Kazakhstan, where more than half of the population is Russian. A meta-page for Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution has been assembled by the United Nations University.
Religion is another divisive and important issue.
The issue of national sovereignty, with the local ruler determining religious policy is one of the outcomes from the Thirty Years' War. The resulting Treaty of Westphalia addresses this issue and marked the beginning of the nation-state system as we know it. Another step towards the development of the nation-state came in the The Peace of Augsburg. It does not appear that Metternich had a home page. There are many legal cases on sovereignty.