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Scholars in the 19th and early 20th century offered constructivist criticisms of primordial theories about nations. [45] A prominent lecture by Ernest Renan, "What is a Nation?", argues that a nation is "a daily referendum", and that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget as on what they remember. Carl Darling Buck argued ...
Flags of the United Nations member and non-member GA observer states in front of the Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization with the intended purpose of maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and countries, achieving international cooperation, and serving as a center for coordinating the actions of member states. [3]
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While the Office for National Statistics and others describe the United Kingdom as a "nation state", [109] [110] others, including a then Prime Minister, describe it as a "multinational state", [111] [112] [113] and the term Home Nations is used to describe the four national teams that represent the four nations of the United Kingdom (England ...
Independence dates for widely recognized states earlier than 1919 should be treated with caution, since prior to the founding of the League of Nations, there was no international body to recognize nationhood, and independence had no meaning beyond mutual recognition of de facto sovereigns (the role of the League of Nations was effectively taken over by the United Nations after the Second World ...
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...
Total area is taken from the United Nations Statistics Division unless otherwise noted. [3] Land and water are taken from the Food and Agriculture Organization unless otherwise noted. [4] The CIA World Factbook is most often used when different UN departments disagree. [1] Other sources and details for each entry may be specified in the ...