A sovereign state is a state that has the highest authority over a territory. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population...

This gallery of sovereign state flags shows the national or state flags of sovereign states that appear on the list of sovereign states. For flags of other...

This is a list of countries by urbanization. There are two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population. The first, urban population, describes...

The Sovereign State: The Secret History of International Telephone and Telegraph is a non-fiction book by Anthony Sampson published on July 1, 1973, by...

century Lists of state leaders by century Member states of the United Nations Sovereign state List of former sovereign states List of sovereign states and dependent...

A sovereign wealth fund (SWF), or sovereign investment fund is a state-owned investment fund that invests in real and financial assets such as stocks,...

A sovereign default is the failure or refusal of the government of a sovereign state to pay back its debt in full when due. Cessation of due payments (or...

nation-state is simply a large, politically sovereign country or administrative territory. A nation-state may be contrasted with: An empire, a political...

Latin superānus, meaning 'above'. The roles of a sovereign vary from monarch, ruler or head of state to head of municipal government or head of a chivalric...

recognition by other sovereign states Westphalian sovereignty – there is no other authority in the state aside from the domestic sovereign (such other authorities...