Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Federation (FEDERATION)

Translation
Section	English 305	Arabic 305	Czech 305	German 305	Spanish 305	French 305	Italian 305	Japanese 305	Portuguese 305	Russian 305	Chinese 305
305-1	country	بلد	země	Land	país	pays	Paese	国	país	Страна	国家
305-2	people —nation	شعب—أمة	národ	Volk —Nation	nación	nation	nazione	国民 —民族	povo —nação	Народ —Нация	人民 —民族
305-3	state	دولة	suverénní stát	Staat	estado —estado soberano	État —État souverain	Stato —Stato sovrano	国家	estado	Государство	state
305-4	federation —federal state	دولة الاتحادية	federální stát	Staatenbund —Konföderation	estado federal	État fédéral	Federazione di Stati	連邦国家群 —連邦	Estados Federados		联邦 —联邦国家
305-5	state	ولايات	stát	Bundesstaat —Bundesland	estado	État	Stato	州	estados		州
305-6	territory	قطر	teritorium	Territorium	territorio	territoire	Territorio	領域	território	Территория	领土
305-7	self-governing territory	قطر ذاتي الحكم	autonomní teritorium	autonome Region —autonome Territorium	territorios autónomos	territoire autonome	Territori autonomi	自治区域	territórios autônomos	Самоуправляющиеся территории	自治领土
305-8	non-self-governing territory	قطر غير ذاتي الحكم	neautonomní teritorium	nichtautonome Region —nichtautonome Territorium	territorios no autónomos	territoire non autonome	Territori non autonomi	非自治区域	territórios não autônomos	Несамоуправляющиеся территория	非自治领土

A country ¹ is usually the territory (301-2) of a people ² (cf. 333-3) or a nation ². Persons belonging to a nation share, in general, a common culture. A state ³ is a political body. The term may be used in two different senses: most commonly a state is a body possessing full sovereignty in its territory and over its inhabitants. However, a number of federations ⁴ of federal states ⁴ are divided into smaller units which are also called states ⁵ and whose sovereignty is not absolute (e.g. in the United States of America and Australia). The term territory ⁶ (301-2) is generally used for a geographical area, but it is occasionally used to denote a political unit which has been settled relatively recently. A distinction is sometimes made between self-governing territories ⁷ and non-self-governing territories ⁸.