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nations
large group of people who share a common language, culture, history, and identity, and who often live within defined borders
states
political entity made up of a group of people living within defined borders, who have a government and are organized as a unit with the power to make and enforce laws
nation-state
A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality
stateless nation
group of people who share a common language, culture, history, and identity, but who do not have their own sovereign state.
multi-state nation
a state that consists of two or more nations within its borders
fragmented state
has several noncontiguous pieces of territory.
imperialism
one states exercise of direct or indirect control over the affairs of another political society
nationalism
emphasizes the collective identity and interests of a nation or people
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