Deletion of List of sovereign states by formation date

Comment: And close. AfD is not cleanup. This list has a clear setout criteria and just needs some work putting into it. Who knows, it could become a featured list. The nominator should also read ,  and 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:UNENCYC||WP:RUBBISH||WP:NOEFFORT)