country · political
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Country (noun) means: An area of space bounded by a boundary and containing a government and people. It emerges from boundary, government, people, area: The boundary encloses a region of space, forming an area that contains both a governing body and a population. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 18, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- France is governed by the Fifth Republic constitution and patrols its borders with Frontex and national gendarmerie units. institutions
- The 1994 establishment of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia reorganized provinces into ethnically based regional states. politics
- Singapore enforces strict immigration controls at Changi Airport, regulating entry under its sovereign border policy. geography
Emergence
through: The boundary encloses a region of space, forming an area that contains both a governing body and a population.
- organized territorial jurisdiction
- collective political identity
- sovereign space
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (327 steps)
- countryL18
- boundaryL2
- governmentL17
- groupsL5
- lawL3
- peopleL6
- makeL4
- rulesL16
- lawL3
- orderL8
- regularL1
- controlL15
- reachL13
- feedbackL14
- setL9
- wallL8
- readL7
- seeL6
- informationL6
- entitiesL4
- persistL1
- wantL6
- patternL0
- spaceL0
- peopleL6
- areaL5
- spaceL0
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Used by (5)
Relations
| enables | area.spatial | is-a |
| is-a | government.administrative | enables |