Country 5165 225163167 2008-07-12T06:03:44Z Kman543210 6844949 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 225163071 by [[Special:Contributions/210.50.143.22|210.50.143.22]] rv vandalism {{otheruses}} In [[political geography]] and [[international politics]], a '''country''' is a [[political division]] of a geographical entity. Frequently, a [[Sovereignty|sovereign]] [[territory]], the term is most commonly associated with the notions of [[state]] or [[nation]] and [[government]]. In common usage, the term is used casually in the sense of both "nation" and "state". Definitions may vary. It is sometimes used to refer to both states and some other political entities.<ref>http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/aia1901230/s22.html, http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/cases/cth/federal%5fct/1997/912.html, http://foia.state.gov/masterdocs/09fam/0941104X1.pdf http://www.economist.com/theworldin/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3372495&d=2005 http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/84411.pdf</ref> while in some occasions it refers only to ''state''.<ref>[http://geography.about.com/cs/politicalgeog/a/statenation.htm About.com:"Geography: Country, State, and Nation".]</ref> It is not uncommon for general information or statistical publications to adopt the wider definition for purposes such as illustration and comparison.<ref name=List>[http://www.countryreports.org/country.aspx?countryid=96&countryName=countryid=96&countryName=Greenland countryreports.org], [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2078rank.html cia.gov], [http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=46682 guinnessworldrecords.com], [http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=49295 guinnessworldrecords.com] [http://www.heritage.org/index/countries.cfm] [http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/topten.cfm] http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/chapters/pdf/index2007_RegionA_Asia-Pacific.pdf http://umich.edu/news/happy_08/HappyChart.pdf</ref> There are non-[[Sovereignty|sovereign]] territories (subnational entities, another form of political division or [[administrative division]] within a larger nation-state) which constitute cohesive geographical entities, some of which are former countries, but which are not sovereign states. Some are designated as countries, others are not. The degree of autonomy and local government varies widely. Some are possessions of such states{{mdash}}as several states have [[overseas]] dependencies, with territory and citizenry separate from their own. Such [[Dependent territory|dependencies]] are sometimes listed together with states on lists of countries.<ref name=List/> ==See also== *[[Nation-state]] for the history of the development of the modern nation states *[[List of countries]] *[[Lists by country]] *[[List of sovereign states]] *[[List of international rankings]] *[[Constituent Countries]] *[[State]] *[[Dependent area]] *[[List of dependent territories]] *[[List of subnational entities]] *[[ISO 3166-1]], list of countries and corresponding international standard codes *[[Country calling codes]], list of telephone prefixes *[[List of country name etymologies]] *[[List of enclaves and exclaves]] *[[Territory (country subdivision)|Territory]] *[[Border]] ==References== {{Reflist}} *Anderson, Benedict; 'Imagined Communities: Reflections On the origin and Spread of Nationalism'; London, Verso; 1991 *Viotti, Paul R. and Kauppi, Mark V.; 'International Relations and World Politics - Security, Economy, Identity'; Second Edition; New Jersey, Prentice Hall; 2001 ==External links== *[http://www.guavastudios.com/country-list.htm List of countries] List of countries in various formats (CSV, TXT, HTML) for use in databases and applications *[http://www.guavastudios.com/nationality-list.htm List of nationalities] List of nationalities in various formats (CSV, TXT, HTML) for use in databases and applications *[http://www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/countries/atlas_index.html Geography Site Country Profiles - Based on the ''CIA World Factbook''] *[http://www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/countries/howmany.html How many countries are there?] *[http://www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/countries/demonyms.html Demonyms - What do you call people from different countries?] *[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ Library of Congress - Country Studies] *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm BBC Country Profiles] *[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html The CIA World Factbook] *[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ The US Department of State - Background Notes] Facts and informations on countries, dependencies and areas of special sovereignty around the world *[http://countries1900.com/?q=language:en Countries in 1900] *[http://www.populationdata.net PopulationData.net] *[http://unstats.un.org/unsd/ United Nations statistics division] *[http://www.unemed.net/edocs/file.jsp?method=getCountryCodeXMLFile United Nations eDocs Web Service] XML data list of countries. *[http://www.unemed.net/edocs/ United Nations - UNeDocs Code List Web Service] *[http://www.mobilgistix.com/Resources/GIS/Locations/average-latitude-longitude-countries.aspx Average Latitude & Longitude of Countries] [[Category:Countries| ]] [[Category:Human geography]] <!-- The below are interlanguage links. --> [[ar:بلد (مصطلح)]] [[ay:Jach'a marka]] [[be-x-old:Краіна]] [[br:Bro]] [[ca:País]] [[cy:Gwlad]] [[el:Χώρα]] [[es:País]] [[eo:Lando]] [[fa:کشور]] [[fr:Pays]] [[gl:País]] [[gu:દેશ]] [[sw:Nchi]] [[lad:Pais]] [[hu:Ország]] [[ms:Negara (geografi)]] [[nds:Land]] [[pl:Pays]] [[pt:País]] [[ro:Ţară]] [[rmy:Them]] [[ru:Страна]] [[simple:Country]] [[sv:Land]] [[th:ประเทศ]] [[tr:Ülke]] [[uk:Країна]] [[yi:לאנד]] [[zh:国家]]