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National state

Political term for a state that is based around a nation Part of the Politics seriesBasic forms of government List of forms · List of countries Source of power Democracy (rule by many) Demarchy Direct Economic Guided Liberal Representative Social Socialist Others Oligarchy (rule by few) Anocracy Aristocracy Broligarchy Corporatocracy Gerontocracy Imagocracy Kleptocracy Kritarchy Matriarchy Meritocracy Particracy Patriarchy Plutocracy Stratocracy Technocracy Theocracy Autocracy (rule by one) Autocratic legalism Despotism Dictatorship military Tyranny Anarchy (rule by none) Anarchism Free association Stateless Power ideology MonarchyRepublic (socio-political ideologies) Absolute Communist Constitutional Directorial Legalist Presidential Parliamentary Semi-parliamentary Semi-presidential AuthoritarianLibertarian (socio-economic ideologies) Anarchism Colonialism Communism Despotism Distributism Fascism Feudalism Islamism Socialism Totalitarianism inverted Tribalism ReligiousSecular State religion Secular state Separation of church and state State atheism GlobalLocal (geo-cultural ideologies) City-state Intergovernmental organisation National government World government Nationalism Internationalism Globalism Power structure Unitarism Unitary state Empire Principality Branches Unified state power Fusion of powers Separation of powers Client state Associated state Dependent territory Dominion Protectorate Puppet state Puppet monarch Satellite state Self-governing colony Tributary state Buffer state Vassal state Viceroyalty Federalism Confederation Devolution Federation Superstate Supranational union International relations Small power Middle power Regional power Emerging power Great power Superpower Related Administrative division Centralized government Democratic backsliding Democracy indices Democratic transition Democratisation Politics portalvte Part of a series onNationalism Nation forming Animal Anthem Church Coat of arms Colours Day Dish Emblem Epic Father Flag God Homeland Identity Language Motto Monument Myth Personification Sport State Symbol Treasure Principles Allegiance Discrimination based on nationality Independence Patriotism Self-determination Solidarity Types Anarchist Authoritarian Fascism Bolshevik Bourgeois Business Christian Civic Conservative Corporate Cyber- Diaspora Ecological Economic Ethnic Expansionist Feminist Integral Internet- Left-wing Communist Liberal Musical Mystic Neo- Pan- Post- Peripheral Racial Religious Resource Revolutionary Romantic State Syndicalist Technological Territorial Trans- Ultra- OrganizationsList of nationalist organizations Related concepts Anationalism Anti-nationalism Anti-globalization movement Anti-imperialism Banal nationalism Border Civil religion Constitutional patriotism Communitarianism Cosmopolitanism Cultural nationalism Diaspora politics Ethnocentrism Ethnopluralism Gastronationalism Gender and nationalism Globalism Historiography and nationalism Imagined community Imperialism Internationalism Irredentism Jingoism Liberalism and nationalism Localism Mercantilism Militarism National indifference Nationalism in antiquity Nationalism in the Middle Ages Nationalism studies Nativism Plurinationalism Post- Racism Revanchism Populism left-wing right-wing Seasonal or cultural festival Subsidiarity Catholicism Xenophobia Politics portalvte A nation state, or nation-state, is a political entity in which the state (a centralized political organization ruling over a population within a territory) and the nation (a community based on a common identity) are congruent.

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