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| | Countries - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch |
 | | A country, a land, or a state, is a geographical area and an independent political entity with its own government, administration, laws, often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and people. |
 | | Sometimes, parts of states with a distinct history or culture are called "lands" or "countries": England, Scotland and Wales – the three nations on the island of Great Britain – are known as countries, even though they are effectively governed as "components" of the British state. |
 | | The US Department of State Background notes on countries the US has relations with |
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