Nation vs. Nation-State

The difference  between “nation-state” and “nation” is that a nation-state is simply a political legal entity (government). A nation is a sociocultural entity that is is branched off into two types of nation; ethnic nation which is categorized by language, faith and ancestry, and civic nation which is by a physical border. A civic nation is defined by having a common citizenship. The people that are with you in your nation are part of you civic nation. This consists of all those who subscribe to the same political creed regardless of ethnicity, race, color, religion, gender and language. This consists of law, choice, rational attachment, unity by consent, democratic pluralism and liberty. A nation-state is a political legal entity. It is not to be confused with a nation. Nation-state is a socio-cultural entity and exists within the webs of people-the civil society. No state can censor expression. The state that self identifies as a deriving its political legitimacy from serving as a sovereign entity for a nation as a sovereign territorial unit.