TEXAS.
This state is Texas. Which was an independent republic in north America, having won it's independence from Mexico.
An independent group of people living in a defined territory with an organized government.
Nation-state
Of course, a nation should have both because a nation will not have freedom if it doesn't have the ability to govern. The ability to govern is to make freedom for the nation and to make a nation independent.
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TEXAS.
Texas was an independent nation before becoming a state.
It's an independent country.
Liechtenstein is a state, and independent country and a nation. All these terms are interchangeable. P.S. A "state" can mean either an independent country, or the sub-divisions of a federal country.
Texas
It's an independent country.
Haiti is an independent nation state.
Yes, the Vatican is an independent city-state - a small nation.
The Vatican is not a state, it is a city-state. In other words, it is not only a city, it is an independent nation, the smallest nation on earth.
It's an independent country.
Saudi Arabia is a country.The word state is ambiguous. It can refer to an independent nation (as in "the state of Israel") or to a province of a nation (as in "the state of Kansas").