North Korea vs unrecognized state

North Korea and unrecognized state both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
North Korea	Yes	No	No	No
unrecognized state	Yes	No	No	No

North Korea (noun)	unrecognized state (noun)
a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948	territory with de-facto sovereignty but lacking international recognition