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| 8582638687 | Balance of power | Condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries. | 0 | |
| 8582638688 | Boundary | An invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory | 1 | |
| 8582638689 | City state | A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland | 2 | |
| 8582638690 | Colonialism | Attempt by one country to establish settlements | 3 | |
| 8582638691 | Colony | A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent. | 4 | |
| 8582638692 | Compact state | A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly | 5 | |
| 8582638693 | Elongated state | A state with a long, narrow shape | 6 | |
| 8582638694 | Federal state | An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government. | 7 | |
| 8582638695 | Fragmented state | A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory | 8 | |
| 8582638696 | Frontier | A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control. | 9 | |
| 8582638697 | Gerrymandering | Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power. | 10 | |
| 8582638698 | Imperialism | Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society. | 11 | |
| 8582638699 | Landlocked state | A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea | 12 | |
| 8582638700 | Microstate | A state that encompasses a very small land area. | 13 | |
| 8582638701 | Perforated State | a state that completely surrounds another one | 14 | |
| 8582638702 | Prorupted state | An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension | 15 | |
| 8582638703 | Sovereignty | Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states | 16 | |
| 8582638704 | State | An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government | 17 | |
| 8582638705 | Unitary state | Internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials | 18 |
