Nation-State | Sociological Term | UPSC | Sociology

A particular type of state, characteristic of the modern world, in which a government has sovereign power within a defined territorial area, and the mass of the population are citizens who know themselves to be part of a single nation.
Nation-states are closely associated with the rise of nationalism, although nationalist loyalties do not always conform to the boundaries of specific states that exist today.
Nation-states developed as part of an emerging nation-state system, originating in Europe, but in current times spanning the whole globe.

Nation - State