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  2. Nation state - Wikipedia

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    In Germany, neither Jews nor the Roma were considered part of the people, and both were specifically targeted for persecution. German nationality law defined "German" based on German ancestry, excluding all non-Germans from the people. [29] In recent years, a nation-state's claim to absolute sovereignty within its borders has been criticized. [25]

  3. Great Leap Forward - Wikipedia

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    The Great Leap was one of two periods between 1953 and 1976 in which China's economy shrank (the other being the Cultural Revolution). Economist Dwight Perkins argues that "enormous amounts of investment only produced modest increases in production or none at all. ... In short, the Great Leap [Forward] was a very expensive disaster".

  4. NationStates - Wikipedia

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    NationStates (formerly Jennifer Government: NationStates) is a multiplayer government simulation browser game created and developed by Max Barry. Based loosely on Barry's novel Jennifer Government , the game launched on 13 November 2002 with the site originally founded to publicize and promote the novel one week before its release.

  5. Jennifer Government - Wikipedia

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    To help promote the novel, Barry created a browser game titled Jennifer Government: NationStates (later shortened to NationStates). In the game, players make choices which are inspired by the novel and which affect the economy, society, and culture of their countries. [5] NationStates launched alongside the book and remains active as of 2025. [6]

  6. There’s actually no such thing as vegetables. Here’s why you ...

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    One example is rhubarb. The fleshy stalk is the edible part of the plant, but the leaves are poisonous, Reiners said. Stay safe by eating plants that grocery stores commonly call vegetables.

  7. List of sovereign states - Wikipedia

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    The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...

  8. Human food - Wikipedia

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    Access to food is an economical and a sociological issue. Disadvantaged people typically live further away from providers of healthy food than the middle class. A study of 94 million visits to food retailers showed that Americans travel a median distance of 5.95 km (3.7 miles) each time they buy food. [77]

  9. 8 insanely dangerous foods people actually eat - AOL

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    Watch out for those green sprouts!!They may contain solanine, a very toxic substance.Eating them can cause poisoning. Potato, poisato. 8) Sannakji Sannakji is live octopus that is cut into bite ...