The nation state is a system of organization in which people with a

common identity live inside a country with firm borders and a

single government. The nation state is a system of political,
geographic, and cultural organization. The nation state is held
together by its physical boundaries, its government, and the fact
that the people believe they are connected to each other.

“Westphalian system” in reference to the Treaty of Westphalia (1648).

European boundaries set by the Congress of Vienna, 1815. This map of Europe, outlining
borders in 1815, demonstrates that still at the beginning of the 19th century, Europe was
divided mostly into empires, kingdoms, and confederations. Hardly any of the entities on
the map would meet the criteria of the nation-state.

Nation-states
typically have a
more
centralized and
uniform public
administration
than their
imperial
The Nation, is the people. The predecessors
nation is created by a shared belief because they
that the people inside a country are are smaller and
connected to each other. less diverse.
uniform national culture through state policy

The most obvious impact of the nation-state

is the creation of a uniform national culture
through state policy. Its most demonstrative
The State is a body of government. All examples are national systems of
the rules and laws, the government compulsory primary education that usually
officials and their titles, the physical popularize a common language and
boundaries and those who define them -
historical narratives.
these make up the state. The state is
what makes a country run from a
political, practical standpoint.