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A boundary that was drawn across an area prior to the area becoming substantially-populated (e.g. border between Malaysia and Indonesia)
Imperialism
Antecedent Boundary
Perforated state
Prorupted state
A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or allies
Balance of Power
City-State
Imperialism
Colony
An invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory
Boundary
Gerrymandering
state
colony
A neutral state between two warring states (e.g. Mongolia, between Russia and China)
federal state
landlocked state
Buffer State
prorupted state
An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economical, and cultural principles in another territory
Unitary State
Boundary
Colonialism
Compact state
A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being independent (e.g. British Virgin Islands to Great Britain)
Colony
Federal State
province
unitary state
A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly (e.g. Poland)
Compact state
elongated state
Federal State
perforated state
A territory that has established a mutual agreement with another state for the benefit of each (e.g. Puerto Rico)
gerrymandering
Commonwealth
federal state
microstate
An enclosed territory with a foreign territory around it (e.g. Lesotho)
State
Exclave
Enclave
colony
A state with a long narrow shape
Elongated state
Fragmented state
Landlocked state
Perforated state
Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power
compact state
colonialism
Sovereignty
Gerrymandering
completely surrounds another country (called an enclave). A clear example of this is Italy, a country that encompasses the Vatican state, a sovereign nation.
Perforated state
Unitary State
Federal State
Fragmented state
state whose territorial boundaries do not touch an ocean, gulf, or bay
Elongated state
landlocked state
unitary state
microstate
state governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme. The central government may create (or abolish) administrative divisions (sub-national units).A good example includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain
Unitary State
prorupted state
Frontier
Federal State
A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control.
Frontier
State
Microstate
Colony
An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension
Prorupted state
unitary state
Microstate
Imperialism
