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Re:How Lucky Is Too Lucky in Minecraft? by bonoboTP on Monday May 17, 2021 @06:20AM (#27181891)
The English language is horribly ambiguous and confused around words like nation, state, nation state, country, nationality, citizenship, ethnicity, race etc.
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Re:How Lucky Is Too Lucky in Minecraft? by pjc50 on Monday May 17, 2021 @08:28AM (#27182677)
Yes, but I've not seen an explanation of which useful cases are covered by "nation state" but not by "country" or even better "government". I don't think it even solves the problem of countries which cause other people to get mad if you acknowledge their existence (Taiwan, Palestine)

Meanwhile, does "nation state" apply to the Plurinational State of Bolivia?

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Re:How Lucky Is Too Lucky in Minecraft? by bonoboTP on Monday May 17, 2021 @09:08AM (#27182958)
Government is also a murky concept. In the US it seems to cover all of the state apparatus, while in other cultures it only refers to the executive branch or even the "cabinet" specifically.

"Nation state" seems to be a thing because state alone could be confused with the 50 US states.

With nation state the focus is on the institutions and leadership, with country the focus is on land and ordinary people it seems.

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