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autonomous region
an area of a country that has degree of autonomy, or has freedom from an external authority.
ethnicity
a group of people (often of the same race) who have a shared culture; the cultural component of race
failed state
a country where the government has become so weak it has lost control and can no longer provide basic government functions
irredentism
a movement to reclaim land by a group who feels they have a claim on that land
multinational state
a country that has substantial amounts of more than one ethnicity
multistate nation
a nation that controls at least one country but that a substantial portion of that group lives in an adjacent country
nation
a very cohesive ethnicity - the distinction between the two is not clear
nation-state
a country where the vast majority of the people are of the same ethnicity (nationality)
semiautonomous region
an area inside of a country that has some power to control itself more than other areas in the country
separatist movement
a group advocating for independence for a nation inside a state
sovereignty
the ability of a country to govern itself without outside influence
state
a country that has sovereignty (not what we think of in the United States!)
stateless nation
a nationality that does not have a country and isn't the majority in any country which implies that they "should" have a country
territoriality
the perceived connection of people, their culture, and their economic systems to the land
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