Nation vs. State?

[WizSkinsO's]

Can one of you political gurus please explain to me the difference between a nation and a state? And, what's a nation-state? Same thing?

Thanks in advance.

[WVUforREDSKINS]

a "nation" refers to a group of people who feel bound into a single body by shared culture, values, folkways, religion and/or language. A "state" just refers to a patch of land with a sovereign government. States often coincide with nations (and are called "nation-states," but not always. States that overlap multiple nations tend to have civil wars; states that exclude parts of a nation tend to have wars with the neighboring state(s) that contain the rest of the nation.


Try google. You'll be surprised how far it can take you through school

[Gary Clark Fan]

Do u ever do your own homework?

[WizSkinsO's]

Do u ever do your own homework?
Yes. Do you know how much homework you get in high school, esp. junior/senior year? I get like 5+ hours/night. If I ask one minor question a night, it's not exactly a huge percentage of my work.

Besides, it's not my homework and I never ask anything to take from anyone else. I have a test tomorrow in Comparative Government and was confused about the distinction. Sometimes hearing somebody put something simplistically and in their own words helps a lot towards understanding. I like to think that Skins fans are smarter than everyone else and don't mind helping out if they see a question pop up they know the answer to.

To anyone who posted their answer, thank you.

[WizSkinsO's]

Got another one if anyone wouldn't mind helping out:
What accounts for Samuel Huntington's waves of democratization? What are the waves?

[WVUforREDSKINS]

Got another one if anyone wouldn't mind helping out:
What accounts for Samuel Huntington's waves of democratization? What are the waves?

Copy and paste the question into google.

Why is that so hard? You will get your answer

[Prosperity]

a nation is a group of people which share a culture, ethnicity or language

a state is a political/governing apparatus which acts sovreignly

nation-state is both

the US is a supra-ethnic nation state. We are a group of people who share a culture, and an identity and we have a sovreign political apparatus to govern us and interact with the rest of the world.