Below the list of All Time WC Participants, the following special situations (resulting from the merge⁄division⁄independence of nations) have been enumerated. These observations rely rather on common-sense than on whatever might be FIFA's criteria for assigning previously obtained WC Points to these nations, given the geo-political alterations that have taken place:

• Germany's entry now includes former West Germany and former East Germany – since October 3, 1990, the officially recognized date for the German reunification.
• East Germany's entries, therefore, now rather constitute archived historical data, as they can no longer be altered.
• All of West Germany's entries and match references previous to October 3, 1990, should of course be credited to Germany.
• Russia's entry includes the former USSR.
• Ukraine's previous participation in the World Cup might be conjointly counted in the entry for Russia, up to Ukraine's independence, in 1991.
• Czech Republic's entry has been the former Czechoslovakia, thus the Czech Republic, itself, and Slovakia (the latter nation, up to 1 January 1993). Czechoslovakia's last entry dates as far back as the 1990 World Cup–that corresponding to their 8th time in the World Cup finals–the current Czech Republic's participation being their very first, since then. It is counted as their 9th, above.
  Alternatively, the count might have stopped at the 1990 World Cup (for Czechoslovakia), the Czech Republic's current presence (2006) in the World Cup then emerging as their first.
• Former-Yugoslavia's entry should in principle cover Slovenia (first taking part in the 2002 World Cup, as an independent nation), Croatia (now participating for the third time under its own flag), Serbia and Montenegro (joining the World Cup for the first time, now, in 2006, under their current geo-political status), and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Macedonia, neither having yet qualified for a World Cup, under their own flags. If FIFA's data and entries for former-Yugoslavia must be inherited by a single nation, only, then Serbia and Montenegro emerge as the likely candidate.
• Following the May 21, 2006 Referendum, according to which Serbia and Montenegro will be undergoing the process of becoming separate nations (i.e., Serbia and Montenegro), the new Serbian nation becomes the likely heir to former-Yugoslavia's statistic entries at FIFA. 
  The national squad to contest the 2006 World Cup in Germany, however, remains as Serbia and Montenegro, even if now representing two countries in the process of becoming independent from each other. It may be worth pointing out that the only Montenegrin players in the current squad were goal-keeper Dragoslav Jevric (curently playing for Ankaraspor, in Turkey) and forward Mirko Vucinic (playing for Lecce, in Italy). But the latter player was injured in a match, on May 23, being replaced in the squad by a Serbian colleague (see further information, which includes a surprising outcome, regarding this replacement). 
• Former Dutch East Indies' entry (as may be found in FIFA's statistics) should of course be credited to Indonesia, formerly under Dutch control as Dutch East Indies. Indonesia's sovereignty was recognized by the Dutch in 1949 and, on August 16, 2005, 1945 was recognized by the Dutch government as Indonesia's year of independence.