political geography

Sovereignty

A states independence form control of its affairs by other states

Self determination

The right for an ethnicity to govern itself

Nation state

A state who’s territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity

Multi nation state

A state that contains more than one ethnicity with traditions or self determination and self government

Stateless nation

A nation with no state

Democracy

A country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office

Autocracy

A country that is not fully democratic or fully autocratic

Unitary state

Most power is placed in the hands of the central government at the federal level

federal state

Strong power is allocated to units of local government

Supranational organizations

Entities formed by multiple countries that transcend national boundaries to make collective decision on certain issues