A political unit with a permanent population and boundaries that are recognized by other states that allows for the administration of laws, collection of taxes, and provision of defense:

• State

• Nation

• Nation- State

• Stateless Nation

People who think of themselves as one based on a sense of shared culture and history and who desire political 

           autonomy:

• State

• Nation

• Nation- State

• Stateless Nation

A state with a single nation:

• State

• Nation

• Nation- State

• Stateless Nation

A nation who do not have their own independent state:

• State

• Nation

• Nation- State

• Stateless Nation

A state with two or more nations (includes most states):

• Multinational State

• Multi- State Nation

• Autonomous Region

• Semi Autonomous Region

A nation living across states:

• Multinational State

• Multi- State Nation

• Autonomous Region

• Semi Autonomous Region

An area which governs itself, but is not an independent country:

• Multinational State

• Multi- State Nation

• Autonomous Region

• Semi Autonomous Region

An area which can govern itself in certain areas, but does not have complete power to govern:

• Multinational State

• Multi- State Nation

• Autonomous Region

• Semi Autonomous Region

A state that is both small in area and population:

• Microstate

• Sovereignty

• Self- Determination

• Authoritarian Government

Final authority over a territory and the right to defend territorial integrity against incursion:

• Microstate

• Sovereignty

• Self- Determination

• Authoritarian Government