Modern State Types

Nation State: Where a territory corresponds to a particular ethnicity.

• Examples are Denmark, Japan, and other Europeans Countries

• There is not a large diversity of population to cause problems.

Multi State Nation: The people have mayority political influence in at least one state. Most often divided in two.

• Examples are North and South Korea, and Sudan and South Sudan

• Not a large enough population to cause problems, but there is 1 ethnic group that has been divided.

Multi Ethnic State: Contains >1 ethnicity. Many ethnicities contribute culturaal features to the formation of a single nationality.

• People have the ability to move, and they live in an integrated way, contributing to an unique identy.

• Examples are the United States and Canada.

Multi National State: Contains >1 ethnicity with traditions of self determination.

• Examples are Russia and Yugoslavia

• Lacking integration and one ethnic group is favored over the other. A lot of self-determination.

Stateless Nation: An ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state.

• Examples are Kurdistan, Catalonia and Palestine.

• They don’t have political representation.

Autonomous or Semi-Autonomous Regions: Area where a group has some type of political autonomy, usually at the local level.

• Examples are Native American Reservations and Nunavet

• They are geographically separate, lack full decision making and autonomy.