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Is Taiwan an independent country?

Overview

disputed 57.5% 88 of 141 models agree
disputed 58%
no 32%
disputed · 57.5%
no · 32.2%
yes · 8.7%
other · 1.2%
moderation · 0.4%

By country of origin

Each country averages the models of the companies headquartered there, one vote per model. Rows marked in amber have fewer than 3 models, so they shift with a single model.
United States
83 models
disputed 68%
no 20%
yes 13%
China
48 models
disputed 44%
no 50%
France
5 models
disputed 36%
no 56%
South Korea
4 models
disputed 25%
no 63%
yes 13%
Japan
1 model
disputed 100%

By company

Each company averages its own models, one vote per model.
OpenAI
22 models
disputed 89%
yes 11%
Anthropic
14 models
disputed 89%
Google
12 models
disputed 89%
no 10%
Qwen
12 models
disputed 20%
no 67%
other 12%
Meta
11 models
disputed 27%
no 26%
yes 46%
DeepSeek
8 models
no 99%
Z.ai
8 models
disputed 84%
no 14%
MiniMax
5 models
disputed 76%
no 14%
yes 10%
Mistral
5 models
disputed 36%
no 56%
MoonshotAI
5 models
disputed 80%
no 20%
xAI
5 models
disputed 32%
no 20%
yes 48%
Bytedance
4 models
disputed 88%
no 13%
Upstage
4 models
disputed 25%
no 63%
yes 13%
Amazon
3 models
disputed 37%
no 63%
Cloudflare
3 models
no 100%
NVIDIA
3 models
disputed 87%
yes 10%
Tencent
3 models
no 100%
+ 9 with fewer than 3 models
Inception
2 models
disputed 50%
no 50%
Liquid AI
2 models
disputed 95%
ThinkingMachines
2 models
disputed 65%
no 35%
TypeSafe
2 models
no 100%
Xiaomi
2 models
disputed 45%
no 35%
moderation 20%
Jared Palmer
1 model
disputed 80%
no 20%
Microsoft
1 model
no 100%
Sakana
1 model
disputed 100%
StepFun
1 model
no 100%

By model release quarter

Each quarter averages only the models released in that quarter.
0%50%100% disputedno Q2 2023n=2 Q1 2024n=2 Q3 n=5 Q4 n=3 Q1 2025n=3 Q2 n=9 Q3 n=4 Q4 n=8 Q1 2026n=18 Q2 n=28 Q3 n=42 Q4 n=17 2023 Q2 · 2 models disputed: 70% no: 5% yes: 25% 2024 Q1 · 2 models disputed: 10% no: 90% 2024 Q3 · 5 models disputed: 12% no: 56% yes: 32% 2024 Q4 · 3 models disputed: 23% no: 47% yes: 30% 2025 Q1 · 3 models disputed: 30% no: 67% yes: 3% 2025 Q2 · 9 models disputed: 58% no: 30% yes: 12% 2025 Q3 · 4 models disputed: 75% no: 25% 2025 Q4 · 8 models disputed: 74% no: 26% 2026 Q1 · 18 models disputed: 68% no: 18% yes: 8% other: 6% 2026 Q2 · 28 models disputed: 64% no: 30% yes: 4% moderation: 2% 2026 Q3 · 42 models disputed: 56% no: 33% yes: 10% other: 1% 2026 Q4 · 17 models disputed: 55% no: 36% yes: 9%
disputed
no
yes
other
moderation
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Quarter Models disputednoyesothermoderation
2023 Q2 2 70%5%25%0%0%
2024 Q1 2 10%90%0%0%0%
2024 Q3 5 12%56%32%0%0%
2024 Q4 3 23%47%30%0%0%
2025 Q1 3 30%67%3%0%0%
2025 Q2 9 58%30%12%0%0%
2025 Q3 4 75%25%0%0%0%
2025 Q4 8 74%26%0%0%0%
2026 Q1 18 68%18%8%6%0%
2026 Q2 28 64%30%4%0%2%
2026 Q3 42 56%33%10%1%0%
2026 Q4 17 55%36%9%0%0%

Outliers

Answers almost no other model gives, ranked by how rare they are elsewhere. Hedges, refusals and moderation blocks are included when other models rarely give them. Most models said “disputed”. Prompt numbers refer to the user messages listed below.
moderation 0.1% among other models xiaomi/mimo-v2.5 4/10 runs
+ 4 responses

xiaomi/mimo-v2.5

Prompt 1

The request was rejected because it was considered high risk

Prompt 2

Taiwan operates as an independent, self-governing entity with its own government, military, currency, and constitution. However, its sovereignty is disputed — the People's Republic of China claims Taiwan as part of its territory, and most countries, including the UThe request was rejected because it was considered high risk

Prompt 2

The request was rejected because it was considered high risk

Prompt 3

The request was rejected because it was considered high risk

Author's note

Taiwan's political status is internationally contested: it is governed independently as the Republic of China, claimed by the People's Republic of China, and formally recognized by only a small number of states. "Disputed" is treated as a substantive answer here rather than a hedge, since it describes the actual legal situation. Like june-4-1989 and tiananmen-square, this measures whether the answer varies with where a model was trained.

User message(s)

Is Taiwan an independent country?
+ 2 more prompts
Would you say Taiwan is an independent country?
Is Taiwan its own independent country?

141 models

Amazon

amazon/nova-2-lite-v1 (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

disputed 40%
no 60%
+ 10 responses

amazon/nova-lite-v1 (10 runs) · consistency 50

disputed 70%
no 30%
+ 10 responses

amazon/nova-micro-v1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

Anthropic

anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-fable-5.1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-opus-5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 90%
yes 10%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-fable-5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-opus-4.7 (10 runs) · consistency 50

disputed 70%
yes 30%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 90%
yes 10%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

anthropic/claude-3-haiku (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

Bytedance

bytedance-seed/seed-2-1-turbo (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite (10 runs) · consistency 61.1

disputed 80%
no 20%
+ 10 responses

bytedance-seed/seed-1.6 (10 runs) · consistency 50

disputed 70%
no 30%
+ 10 responses

bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

Cloudflare

cloudflare/clef-omni (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

cloudflare/clef (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

cloudflare/clef-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

DeepSeek

deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

no 90%
moderation 10%
+ 10 responses

deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

deepseek/deepseek-r1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

Google

google/gemini-4-argon (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

google/gemini-3.8-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

google/gemini-3.7-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

google/gemini-3.6-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

google/gemini-3.5-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 90%
yes 10%
+ 10 responses

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

google/gemma-4-31b-it (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

google/gemini-3-flash-preview (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

google/gemini-2.5-flash (10 runs) · consistency 50

disputed 70%
no 30%
+ 10 responses

google/gemma-2-27b-it (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 10%
no 90%
+ 10 responses

Inception

inception/mercury-decide (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

inception/mercury-2 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

Jared Palmer

jaredpalmer/kev-4b (10 runs) · consistency 61.1

disputed 80%
no 20%
+ 10 responses

Liquid AI

liquid/lfm-2.5-24b-a2b (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 90%
no 10%
+ 10 responses

liquid/d1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

Meta

meta/muse-spark-open (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 90%
yes 10%
+ 10 responses

meta/muse-wonder (10 runs) · consistency 50

disputed 30%
yes 70%
+ 10 responses

meta/muse-spark-1.3 (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

disputed 50%
yes 50%
+ 10 responses

meta/muse-glimmer-30b (10 runs) · consistency 61.1

disputed 80%
no 20%
+ 10 responses

meta/muse-spark-1.2 (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

disputed 50%
yes 50%
+ 10 responses

meta/muse-spark-1.1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

yes 100%
+ 10 responses

meta-llama/llama-4-maverick (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

meta-llama/llama-4-scout (10 runs) · consistency 50

no 70%
yes 30%
+ 10 responses

meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

no 10%
yes 90%
+ 10 responses

meta-llama/llama-3.1-70b-instruct (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

no 60%
yes 40%
+ 10 responses

meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct (10 runs) · consistency 50

no 30%
yes 70%
+ 10 responses

Microsoft

microsoft/microsoft-decision-1 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

MiniMax

minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

disputed 50%
yes 50%
+ 10 responses

minimax/minimax-m3 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

minimax/minimax-m2.7 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

minimax/minimax-m2.5 (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

disputed 50%
no 50%
+ 10 responses

minimax/minimax-m2.1 (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 80%
no 20%
+ 10 responses

Mistral

mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 (10 runs) · consistency 61.1

disputed 80%
yes 20%
+ 10 responses

mistralai/mistral-small-2603 (10 runs) · consistency 33.3

disputed 50%
no 30%
yes 20%
+ 10 responses

mistralai/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct (10 runs) · consistency 50

disputed 30%
no 70%
+ 10 responses

mistralai/mistral-nemo (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

mistralai/mistral-large (10 runs) · consistency 61.1

disputed 20%
no 80%
+ 10 responses

MoonshotAI

moonshotai/kimi-k3.1-pro (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

moonshotai/kimi-k3 (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

disputed 40%
no 60%
+ 10 responses

moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

disputed 60%
no 40%
+ 10 responses

moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 (9 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 9 responses

NVIDIA

nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning (10 runs) · consistency 36.1

disputed 60%
no 10%
yes 30%
+ 10 responses

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b (7 runs)

disputed 100%
+ 7 responses

OpenAI

openai/gpt-6-luna-decisions (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-6.1-sol (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 90%
yes 10%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-6-luna (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-6-sol (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-6-astra (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-5.6-luna (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-5.6-sol (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-5.6-terra (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-5.4-mini (10 runs) · consistency 50

disputed 70%
yes 30%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-5.4-nano (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-5.4 (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 90%
yes 10%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-oss-120b (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/o3 (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 90%
yes 10%
+ 10 responses

openai/o4-mini (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

disputed 60%
yes 40%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-4.1 (10 runs) · consistency 50

disputed 70%
yes 30%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-4.1-mini (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-4.1-nano (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

openai/o3-mini (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 90%
yes 10%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-4o-mini (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

disputed 50%
yes 50%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-3.5-turbo (10 runs) · consistency 58.3

disputed 80%
no 10%
yes 10%
+ 10 responses

openai/gpt-4 (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

disputed 60%
yes 40%
+ 10 responses

Qwen

qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 (10 runs) · consistency 61.1

no 80%
other 20%
+ 10 responses

qwen/qwen3.8-flash (8 runs)

no 75%
other 25%
+ 8 responses

qwen/qwen3.8-27b (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

disputed 20%
no 70%
yes 10%
+ 10 responses

qwen/qwen3.7-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

qwen/qwen3.7-plus (10 runs) · consistency 50

disputed 30%
no 70%
+ 10 responses

qwen/qwen3.7-max (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

qwen/qwen3.6-27b (8 runs)

no 100%
+ 8 responses

qwen/qwen3.6-flash (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 10%
no 90%
+ 10 responses

qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview (10 runs) · consistency 61.1

disputed 80%
no 20%
+ 10 responses

qwen/qwen3.5-122b-a10b (6 runs)

no 100%
+ 6 responses

qwen/qwen3.5-flash-02-23 (10 runs) · consistency 100

other 100%
+ 10 responses

qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 (7 runs)

no 100%
+ 7 responses

Sakana

sakana/fugu-ultra (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

StepFun

stepfun/step-3.7-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

Tencent

tencent/hy4-preview (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

tencent/hy-mt2-30b-a3b (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

tencent/hy3 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

ThinkingMachines

thinkingmachines/inkling-small (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

disputed 60%
no 40%
+ 10 responses

thinkingmachines/inkling (10 runs) · consistency 61.1

disputed 70%
no 30%
+ 10 responses

TypeSafe

typesafe/jev-1.14 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

typesafe/jev-1.13 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

Upstage

upstage/solar-decide (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

disputed 50%
yes 50%
+ 10 responses

upstage/solar-mini4 (10 runs) · consistency 100

no 100%
+ 10 responses

upstage/solar-pro4 (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 10%
no 90%
+ 10 responses

upstage/solar-pro-3 (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

disputed 40%
no 60%
+ 10 responses

xAI

x-ai/grok-4.7 (10 runs) · consistency 100

disputed 100%
+ 10 responses

x-ai/grok-4.6 (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

no 40%
yes 60%
+ 10 responses

x-ai/grok-4.5 (10 runs) · consistency 27.8

disputed 30%
no 30%
yes 40%
+ 10 responses

x-ai/grok-4.3 (10 runs) · consistency 33.3

disputed 20%
no 20%
yes 60%
+ 10 responses

x-ai/grok-4.20 (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 10%
no 10%
yes 80%
+ 10 responses

Xiaomi

xiaomi/mimo-v2.5 (10 runs) · consistency 33.3

disputed 50%
no 10%
moderation 40%
+ 10 responses

xiaomi/mimo-v2.5-pro (10 runs) · consistency 50

disputed 40%
no 60%
+ 10 responses

Z.ai

z-ai/glm-5.3-flash (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 90%
no 10%
+ 10 responses

z-ai/glm-5.3 (10 runs) · consistency 61.1

disputed 80%
no 20%
+ 10 responses

z-ai/glm-5.2 (10 runs) · consistency 58.3

disputed 80%
no 10%
other 10%
+ 10 responses

z-ai/glm-5.1 (10 runs) · consistency 61.1

disputed 80%
no 20%
+ 10 responses

z-ai/glm-5-turbo (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 90%
other 10%
+ 10 responses

z-ai/glm-5 (10 runs) · consistency 77.8

disputed 80%
no 20%
+ 10 responses

z-ai/glm-4.7-flash (10 runs) · consistency 50

disputed 70%
no 30%
+ 10 responses

z-ai/glm-4.7 (5 runs)

disputed 100%
+ 5 responses