>As written, this only applies to nation states. if you're quibbling about legal definitions, your "nation state" is used incorrectly. A "nation" is a large et

>As written, this only applies to nation states. if you're quibbling about legal definitions, your "nation state" is used incorrectly. A "nation" is a large ethnic group, for example the German nation, the Cherokee nation, etc. A state is geography that is its own political entity/country, for example the gulf states. Germany is a nation state, the Cherokee nation is not a state at all. Netherlands and France are nation states, Belgium is not, its just a state. Austria is part of the German nation but it is not part of the nation state of Germany. Australia or Canada are states but not nations.