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  2. State shapes - Wikipedia

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    A fragmented state has several noncontiguous pieces of territory. Archipelagos such as Philippines, Indonesia, and Fiji are examples of fragmented states. [1] A prorupted or protruded has an extension that protrudes from the main territory. [3] Thailand is an example of a prorupted state. [1] A perforated completely surrounds another state ...

  3. Feudal fragmentation - Wikipedia

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    Feudal fragmentation [1] is a process whereby a feudal state is split into smaller regional state structures, each characterized by significant autonomy, if not outright independence, and ruled by a high-ranking noble such as a prince or a duke. [2] [3] Feudal fragmentation is usually associated with European history, particularly during the ...

  4. Political fragmentation - Wikipedia

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    The strength of these effects has been hypothesized to depend on whether it is the government or the opposition that are fragmented. [4] However, the political fragmentation of parliaments has little causal effect on a number of dimensions of the quality of democracy. [ 5 ]

  5. Tellurocracy - Wikipedia

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    Tellurocracy (from Latin: tellus, lit. 'land' and Greek: κράτος, romanized: krátos, lit. 'state') is a concept proposed by Aleksandr Dugin to describe a type of civilization or state system that is defined by the development of land territories and consistent penetration into inland territories.

  6. Authoritarianism - Wikipedia

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    Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in democracy, separation of powers, civil liberties, and the rule of law.

  7. Stateless nation - Wikipedia

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    A stateless nation is an ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own sovereign state. [1] Use of the term implies that such ethnic groups have the right to self-determination, to establish an independent nation-state with its own government.

  8. State collapse - Wikipedia

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    State collapse is a sudden dissolution of a sovereign state. [1] It is often used to describe extreme situations in which state institutions dissolve rapidly. [2] [1]When a new regime moves in, often led by the military, civil society typically fails to rally around the central government, and societal actors fend for themselves at the local level. [1]

  9. Hybrid regime - Wikipedia

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    a system characterized by weak checks and balances on executive powers, flawed or even suspended elections, fragmented opposition forces, state restrictions on media freedoms, intellectuals, and civil society organizations, curbs on the independence of the judiciary and disregard for rule of law, the abuse of human rights by the security forces ...