a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.
political boundaries
lines that define the border of a country or state
devolution
The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government.
relic boundary
a former boundary line that is still discernible and marked by some cultural landscape features
multi-national state
State that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.
autonomous region
an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy, or has freedom from an external authority
multi-state nation
a nation or cultural group that is divided across two or more state borders
neo-colonialism
control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures
choke point
a strategic, narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water
self-determination
Concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
