Transdniestria's Constitution is among one of the few constitutions in the world to have been ratified by its people in a popular referendum.
Transdniestria is also one of the few states in the world whose existence as created as the result of a popular referendum among its people before the declaration of independence. Among its two neighbors, Moldova never held such a referendum, and Ukraine only held it as a fait acompli long after the independence had already been declared.