What do terms like “nation”, “state”, “nation-state”, and “sovereign” mean, and how do they apply to the Duchy of Bohemia?
Again, the answer to this question can be best stated as follows: ” That is a tricky question that covers a lot of territory. ” Here are a group of definitions…taken from numerous standard reference tools and online forums: Nation: A group of people who share common customs, culture, physical location or territory, history, and (frequently) language. State: The government or supreme public power within a sovereign political entity; an institutional structure charged with exercising authority within a definable jurisdiction. When thinking about states, one should also take note of the 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States, which forms the traditional internationally accepted basis for the legal definition of statehood: Article 1: The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states. Nation-state:
