Perhaps most noteworthy from a branding perspective, Facebook, even in its relatively nascent state, has achieved something other, more mature companies, yearn for.

FORBES: Why Facebook Was Smart To Remain Neutral On Egypt's Crisis

Abkhazia had the trappings of a nascent state, but South Ossetia was a chessboard of villages (Georgian and Ossetian) which suffered under a Moscow-sponsored, thuggish and corrupt regime whose main job seemed to be to provoke Georgia.

ECONOMIST: Russia and Georgia

Twenty years ago the issue was securing a nascent Croatian state.

BBC: Croatia: From isolation to EU membership

It was to the 1, 700 Jews who lived there in 1948 and their 150 defenders that the eyes of the citizens of nascent Jewish state were turned.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Jerusalem, the Eternal Front Line

He won the Nobel Peace Prize for signing the 1993 Oslo Accords, formalizing relations with Israel and creating a nascent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza.

FORBES: Yasir Arafat Dies

It was from this gauntlet that the British-commanded Jordan Legion sought - with the help of the Arabs of Jerusalem and surrounding villages - to cut the Jews of the city off from the rest of the country and so to conquer the nascent Jewish state.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Jerusalem, the Eternal Front Line

The governor, who has called a revitalization of Detroit critical to sustaining the state's nascent economic recovery, said he didn't believe city leaders were addressing rapidly enough Detroit's ballooning deficits and a persistent cash drought.

WSJ: Governor to Appoint Financial Overseer for Detroit

As a nascent and profitable industry in a failed and starving state, the Somali pirates will not lack for recruits.

ECONOMIST: Somalia