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nation state

political term for a state that is based around a nation
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nation state
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Summary

nation state is a state model[1]. It draws 6,042 Wikipedia views per month (state model category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: sovereign state[3]
  • Significant event: French Revolution[4]
  • Described at URL: https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Nation_state[5]
  • Described by source: Türk Maarif Ansiklopedisi[6]
  • Union of: nation[7], state[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9]

Why It Matters

nation state has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

sovereign state Spain

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1tRQEE
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Politiklexikon id → 17894
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Politiklexikon id: 17894, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/112027012|Nationalstaat (#112027012)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4373|Politiklexikon]] #mi"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006004-narodni-stat
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0006004-narodni-stat, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 18250, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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