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Your comment would be much more helpful if you explained your thoughts. Currently, it just sounds like "you're stupid."
by ARandomerDude 2y ago
Your comment would be much more helpful if you explained your thoughts. Currently, it just sounds like "you're stupid."
- floren 2y agoI've been on my phone so messages are terse but here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_state https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_state
- jcranmer 2y agoIn sociopolitical terms, a nation refers to a group of people sharing the same culture. A nation-state is a sovereign state (a country) that encompasses all of the people of that culture, as opposed to other kinds of states that might be multiethnic or city-states or empires or whatnot. It's generally seen as the culmination of various independence movements in the 19th and 20th centuries, as constituent peoples within multiethnic empires sought their own independence as a self-governing state. Not all modern countries are nation-states. Countries like San Marino or Singapore are city states, while countries like the US are often seen not as nation states because they don't have a strong core concept of ethnicity forming the basis of the nation. (In particular, note that citizenship in the US--indeed most countries in the Western Hemisphere--is based primarily on jus soli, i.e., being born on sovereign soil; whereas most European countries figure it primarily on jus sanguini, i.e., based on your parents being citizens).