Nation state
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The nation-state is a state that self-identifies as deriving its political legitimacy from serving as a sovereign entity for a country as a sovereign territorial unit. The state is a political and geopolitical entity; the nation is a cultural and/or ethnic entity. The term "nation-state" implies that the two geographically coincide, and this distinguishes the nation state from the other types of state, which historically preceded it.
See also
- Bioregionalism - as an alternative to Nation States.
- City-state
- Cultural identity
- Ethnic group
- Expansionism
- Historiography and nationalism
- Multinational state
- Nation
- National personification
- Nationalism
- Neo-medievalism
- Non-intervention
- Primordialism
- Secession
- Sovereignty
- Sovereign state
- Stateless nation
- Violent non-state actor
- Titular nation
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