# country (political)

An area of space bounded by a boundary and containing a government and people.

- Computed level: L11 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: language

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [government](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-government.administrative), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [area](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-area.spatial), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** The boundary encloses a region of space, forming an area that contains both a governing body and a population.

**Novel properties:**
- organized territorial jurisdiction
- collective political identity
- sovereign space

## 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)*

## Used by
- [britain](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-britain.political) (L16)
- [england](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-england.political) (L17)
- [europe](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-europe.region) (L12)
- [france](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-france.nation) (L12)
- [germany](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-germany.political) (L12)

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