nation · political
Ask Prometheusa group of people who have a government and live within a bounded area
Nation (noun) means: a group of people who have a government and live within a bounded area. It emerges from people, government, area, boundary: people interact with a government to collectively inhabit and maintain identity within a shared, bounded area. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 18, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- India operates a parliamentary democracy with defined borders since 1947, governing over 1.4 billion people. institutions
- The United States federal government administered relief funds across 50 states during the 2020 pandemic. economics
- Japan maintains sovereignty over its four main islands and thousands of smaller ones under a constitutional monarchy. geography
Emergence
through: people interact with a government to collectively inhabit and maintain identity within a shared, bounded area
- sovereign jurisdiction
- collective political identity
- territorial continuity
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (331 steps)
- nationL18
- peopleL6
- othersL2
- spaceL0
- timeL0
- patternL0
- differenceL1
- patternL0
- setsL3
- patternL0
- othersL2
- boundaryL2
- spaceL0
- differenceL1
- changeL1
- differenceL1
- persistL1
- distinctL3
- differenceL1
- othersL2
- entitiesL4
- interactingL4
- interactionL2
- touchL3
- groupsL5
- timeL0
- othersL2
- governmentL17
- groupsL5
- lawL3
- peopleL6
- makeL4
- rulesL16
- lawL3
- orderL8
- regularL1
- controlL15
- reachL13
- feedbackL14
- setL9
- wallL8
- readL7
- seeL6
- informationL6
- entitiesL4
- persistL1
- wantL6
- patternL0
- spaceL0
- areaL5
- boundaryL2
- liveL2
- peopleL6
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Used by (5)
Relations
| is-a | country.political | is-a |