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The USA has 50 states, none of which are nations (and thus not nation-states), but which together comprise the whole nation-state union. So the US government an
by SAI_Peregrinus 5y ago
The USA has 50 states, none of which are nations (and thus not nation-states), but which together comprise the whole nation-state union. So the US government and US institutions tend to use "nation-state" more often than others do, because it's a useful disambiguation for them.
- pradn 5y agoThat makes sense but I think it should be possible to tell that a "state" refers to another country, not a US subfederal unit.