Re: As Is (was: Re: Concurrency)

Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> State: sovereign entity. With exception of a few countries (like
> the US or Australia), it's quite synonymous with nation or country.
> Compared to those words, I tend (but that's because that's how it's
> taken in French) to take it as meaning: all the administrations that
> rule the country, that's to say the government, the parlement, the
> ministries, etc... all put together, while nation refers more to the
> people and country to the physical area.
The notion that one nation corresponds to one state, and vice versa,
is quite recent - and might still provoke laughter in many countries.


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