(January 31st, 2013, 13:43)novice Wrote: Actually, the definition I've learned for a Nation State is a state whose political and cultural boundaries match*, so I'd rather say that all Civ nations are nation states.
*That's paraphrased. More(?) precisely, I've heard it defined as a nation whose borders match the extent of its ethnic group, and whose borders aren't home to any other ethnic groups. By this definition, there are only two nation states in all of Europe - do you know which?
I'd have to ask you to define ethnic group before that question can be answered.
But yeah, there was a lot of emphasis over the concept of a nation state when World War II (and its prelude) was covered in the history courses that I took.
Civilization IV: 21 (Bismarck of Mali), 29 (Mao Zedong of Babylon), 38 (Isabella of China), 45 (Victoria of Sumeria), PB12 (Darius of Sumeria), 56 (Hammurabi of Sumeria), PB16 (Bismarck of Mali), 78 (Augustus of Byzantium), PB56 (Willem of China)
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