A nation-state requires both a defined territory and a majority population which identifies with the official nationality.

Source: https://dailyfreepress.com/2023/03/15/a-response-to-mr-manor-the-mapping-project-being-awful-notwithstanding-zionism-is-still-a-colonial-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-response-to-mr-manor-the-mapping-project-being-awful-notwithstan

And this chorus might have sounded exactly the same if this time it had spoken not of the importance of the nation-state, but of the threat of a secret domination of the reptilian world.

Source: https://houstonianonline.com/column-the-hague-suffocates-in-deja-vu/

"Casting doubt on the nation-state of the Jewish people's right to exist is not legitimate diplomacy," he said.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/israeli-president-urges-eu-fight-against-anti-semitism-1711892

If you are an independent, democratic nation-state, your public media has a few core jobs to do.

Source: https://www.thenational.scot/politics/23266785.culture-cuts-bbc-radio-scotland-speak-much-deeper-malaise/?ref=rss

In fact, no nation-state can exist for very long without institutional arrangements to promote the security and well-being of its members.

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/safeguarding-nigerias-future-prioritizing-citizens-welfare-and-security-amidst-challenges-by-attahiru-m-jega/

It seemed obvious that the choice was between the nation-state on the one side and the European Union on the other.

Source: https://www-tmp.thenational.scot/politics/23916791.fintan-otoole-made-tom-nairn-one-greatest-thinkers/?ref=rss

It’s not a war against another nation-state; most Islamic governments are pathetically incapable of fighting a real war.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/12/doug-casey/some-thoughts-on-phyles-islam-and-warfare/

Kohelet’s stated aims are to “secure Israel’s future as the nation-state of the Jewish people” and “broaden individual liberty and free-market principles in Israel.”

Source: https://theintercept.com/2023/02/16/israel-jeff-yass-kohelet/

” Lithuanians today in many ways identify with the independent republic of the years between the two world wars and believe that the nation-state has now been reborn.

Source: https://lithuaniatribune.com/a-view-from-iceland-the-fight-to-defend-and-preserve-freedom/

Replication of physical, nation-state jurisdictions is also reasonable because often progress is born from the familiar—the easiest way for humans to conceptualize innovations, whether tech or law, is to build upon what we already know.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2023/05/23/does-metas-13b-eu-fine-mean-a-splintered-internet-in-the-future/