1. Breaking up is hard to do: Nations, States, and Nation-States
HGIA Chapter 13

2. Vocabulary Review State Colony Nation/Nationality Nation-State
Federal State
Unitary State
Nationalism

3. New Vocabulary Homeland: Perceived ancestral territory of a nation
Some nations are lucky enough to rule their homeland (France)
Others are not so lucky (Palestinians, Kurds)
Stateless Nation
Regional Autonomy: Limited self-rule for a region within a larger state
Quebec, Scotland
Shatterbelt: a region caught between powerful forces whose boundaries are continually redefined
Yugoslavia

4. Multination State
Occurs when several distinct nations are found together in the same political state
Canada or South Africa
May lead to ethonationalism
A strong feeling of belonging to a minority nation that is contained within a state dominated by a more powerful nation
Could lead to:
Regional autonomy (Scotland)
Separatism (Quebec, Tibet)
Secession (Lithuania from USSR)

5. Mulitstate Nation
Exists when a national homeland overlaps into more than one state. One state encompasses the majority with outliers in neighboring states
Can give rise to irredentism
Occurs if a nation’s homeland spills over into another state and the people on the “wrong side” of the boundary wish to join their territory with the rest of their homeland
Often seen when a nation refers to their homeland as “Greater _____”
Greater Somalia or Greater Germany