This article describes country as a type of geographical or political entity. Country is also a short form for the countryside or the country music genre.

In political geography and international politics a country is a geographical territory. It is used casually in the sense of both the concept of nation (a cultural entity; see below) and state (a political entity). Some definitions tend to place it as meaning only state,http://geography.about.com/cs/politicalgeog/a/statenation.htm though general use is wider than this.http://www.countryreports.org/country.aspx?countryid=96&countryName=Greenland

There are dozens of other, non-sovereign territories which constitute a geographical country, but are not sovereign states. Several states have overseas dependencies, with territory and citizenry separate from their own. They are in some occasions listed together with states on lists of countries.

Characteristics of a country

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A country usually has its own government, administration and laws; and often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and a population who are referred to as one another's countrymen. Together they form what Benedict Anderson referred to as an imagined community.

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After an unfortunate toilet blockage on the boat, discussing the differences in toilet water levels by country.
rjhunter (Rob Hunter) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:39:21 -0000
After an unfortunate toilet blockage on the boat, discussing the differences in toilet water levels by country.
@singlepayer Voters won't forget by 2010 election, country is liable to dissolve into civil disorder if we don't get help. #p2
StrandedWind (Neal Rauhauser) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:38:54 -0000
@singlepayer Voters won't forget by 2010 election, country is liable to dissolve into civil disorder if we don't get help. #p2
If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee. -- Graham Summer #quote
LibertarianMike (Mike Miller) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:37:44 -0000
If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee. -- Graham Summer #quote
Life lost b'cos of PM's security? Who cares, we live in a country ruled by unaccountability, corruption and couldn't care leadership.
sai_nagesh (Sai Nagesh) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:37:29 -0000
Life lost b'cos of PM's security? Who cares, we live in a country ruled by unaccountability, corruption and couldn't care leadership.
@prabhuchawla ref. to article in your magazine by Stephen David, should not he be tried for dividing the country? @ZoomIndianMedia
jnsbmi (Jiggs) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:36:13 -0000
@prabhuchawla ref. to article in your magazine by Stephen David, should not he be tried for dividing the country? @ZoomIndianMedia
Final thanks by Chris Anderson; afraid he'd find a country losing it's soul, thrilled to find a country coming into its own. Go TEDIndia!
TEDxATX (TEDx Austin) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:33:16 -0000
Final thanks by Chris Anderson; afraid he'd find a country losing it's soul, thrilled to find a country coming into its own. Go TEDIndia!

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