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A country is a geographical area and an independent political entity with its own government, administration, laws, often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and people?. |
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A country, or nation state, is a geographical area and an independent political entity with its own government, administration, laws, often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and people?. For the history of the development of the modern nation state, see nation state. |
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Note: This would be a definition of a nation state. A country could be a part of a nation state with a distinct history or culture: Wales and Scotland both are sometimes called countries, even though they are not nation states. |
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Sometimes, parts of nation states with a distinct history or culture are called "countries": Wales and Scotland both are sometimes called countries, even though they are not nation states. |
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See countries of the world |
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See countries of the world |
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