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| 127153804 | Balance of Power | Condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries. | |
| 127153805 | Boundary | invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory | |
| 127153806 | City-State | A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland | |
| 127153807 | Colonialism | Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory. | |
| 127153808 | Colony | A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent. | |
| 127153809 | Compact-State | A state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly. | |
| 127153810 | Elongated State | A state with a long, narrow shape. | |
| 127153811 | Federal State | An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government. | |
| 127153812 | Fragmented State | A state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory. | |
| 127153813 | Frontier | a zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control | |
| 127153814 | Gerrymandering | Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power. | |
| 127153815 | Imperialism | Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society. | |
| 127153816 | Landlocked State | A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea. | |
| 127153817 | Microstate | a state that encompasses a very small land area | |
| 127153818 | Perforated State | a state that completely surrounds another one | |
| 127153819 | Prorupted State | An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension | |
| 127153820 | Sovereignty | ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states | |
| 127153821 | State | An organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs | |
| 127153822 | Unitary State | An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials |
