sovereign state

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sovereign state (plural sovereign states)

A state (country) which has sovereignty over a defined geographic area, is independent of any other country, and has its own government.
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A government which exercises de facto administrative control over a country and is not subordinate to any other government in that country or a foreign sovereign state. Source: Internet

All of the students go back willingly except for Rod, who has great difficulty reverting from the status of head of a small, but sovereign state to a teenager casually brushed aside by the adult rescuers. Source: Internet

As a free city, Cologne was a sovereign state within the Holy Roman Empire and as such had the right (and obligation) to maintain its own military force. Source: Internet

A sovereign state, in international law, is a political entity that is represented by one centralized government that has sovereignty over a geographic area. Source: Internet

Austria was partitioned after the Second World War and then in 1955 became the independent sovereign state ( Second Republic ) that has existed to the present day. Source: Internet

Integration is a form of self-determination in which an overseas territory like the BVI integrates/merges with the sovereign state. Source: Internet

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