This article describes country as a type of geographical or political entity. Country is also a short form for the countryside or the country music genre.

In political geography and international politics a country is a geographical territory. It is used casually in the sense of both the concept of nation (a cultural entity; see below) and state (a political entity). Some definitions tend to place it as meaning only state,http://geography.about.com/cs/politicalgeog/a/statenation.htm though general use is wider than this.http://www.countryreports.org/country.aspx?countryid=96&countryName=Greenland

There are dozens of other, non-sovereign territories which constitute a geographical country, but are not sovereign states. Several states have overseas dependencies, with territory and citizenry separate from their own. They are in some occasions listed together with states on lists of countries.

Characteristics of a country

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A country usually has its own government, administration and laws; and often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and a population who are referred to as one another's countrymen. Together they form what Benedict Anderson referred to as an imagined community.

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Let it snow let it snow. The whole country is covered by it
natcitygirl (Natalie Ruigrok ) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:27:31 -0000
Let it snow let it snow. The whole country is covered by it
@dannywood By the way-it´s your name day here in our country, Danny. So - happy (Czech) name-day, dear Daniel!!! Luv ya :-)
martinasimon (Martina Simonidesova) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:25:47 -0000
@dannywood By the way-it´s your name day here in our country, Danny. So - happy (Czech) name-day, dear Daniel!!! Luv ya :-)
I got a hold of an album of country songs..playing it again and again..my fave among that- 'Down on the corner' by CCR..
vc_iimk (Vikas Chandra) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:21:33 -0000
I got a hold of an album of country songs..playing it again and again..my fave among that- 'Down on the corner' by CCR..
Ukraine's State Statistics announced that number of Ukrainian citizens residing in the country has fallen by 180,000 in the past 12 months.
ukrainenews (Nicholas Labenskyj) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:19:11 -0000
Ukraine's State Statistics announced that number of Ukrainian citizens residing in the country has fallen by 180,000 in the past 12 months.
#"militaryintelligence" US Iraq War plan (Centcom) assumed 5k US troops still in country by 2006:http://bit.ly/8ur93k
submergingmkt (james henry) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:14:55 -0000
#"militaryintelligence" US Iraq War plan (Centcom) assumed 5k US troops still in country by 2006:http://bit.ly/8ur93k
@Dion_Edz by the way m8, correct me if I'm wrong, Adolf Hitler is Polish! Not german... The wanker attacked his own country to start WW II..
craze_26 (Patrick Theo) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:08:21 -0000
@Dion_Edz by the way m8, correct me if I'm wrong, Adolf Hitler is Polish! Not german... The wanker attacked his own country to start WW II..

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