The Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary

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country:

... a region with sovereignty and internationally recognized boundariessee the definition of nation-state. A country is a location. It has demographics and an economy. Its national government regulates commerce, trade, and development and issues money.

A national government is typically seen as being in the security business; therefore, a country maintains armed forces and police powers. In conjunction with that it controls a national transportation system and infrastructure. Countries have alliances and maneuver for political gain or cooperate for peace and security through or pay lip service to the United Nations. The body politic of countries and nation-states may engage in social engineering.

The focus of this particular definition of country is tied to a resource, Nations of the World, located on the entry page for Area Development / Economic Development.net.

See nation; location; About Area Development in Economic Development.net

define country as a location / definition of country as a place for economic development

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