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emil-lp • today at 9:49 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

You also have three distinct concepts:

– country (geographically defined territory with something binding it)

– state (political entity with sovereign authority over a territory)

– nation-state (a state in which most people share some common identity)


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user_7832 • today at 2:12 PM

Yeah, this is sometimes really interesting. For eg Scotland, Wales, NI and England are technically all different countries. Just like Aruba (and other Carribbean/island micro nations) which technically is still in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

HPsquared • today at 12:57 PM

Games like EU4 do have multiple views of the map for this reason. There are so many ways you can subdivide and draw borders differently. Language, culture, religion, imperial, etc.