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| condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries |
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| invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory |
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| a sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland |
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| attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory |
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| a territory that is legallly tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent |
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| a state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly |
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| a state with a long, narrow shape |
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| an internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government |
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| a state the includes several discontinuous pieces of territory |
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| a zone separating two states in which neither state excersizes politcal control |
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| process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power |
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| control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society |
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| a state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea |
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| a state that encompasses a very small land area |
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| a state that completely surrounds another one |
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| an otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension |
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| ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states |
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| an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs |
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| an internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials |
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