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=== Government and politics ===
=== Government and politics ===
A [[state]] is an organized [[politics|political]] community occupying a definite territory, having an organized [[government]], and possessing internal and external [[sovereignty]]. Recognition of the state's claim to independence by other states, enabling it to enter into international agreements, is often important to the establishment of its statehood. The "state" can also be defined in terms of domestic conditions, specifically, as conceptualized by [[Max Weber]], "a state is a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the 'legitimate' use of physical force within a given territory."<ref>[http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/xweb.htm Max Weber's definition of the modern state 1918], by [[Max Weber]], 1918, retrieved [[March 17]], [[2006]].</ref>
A [[state]] is an organized [[politics|political]] community occupying a definite territory, having an organized [[government]], and possessing internal and external [[sovereignty]]. Recognition of the state's claim to independence by other states, enabling it to enter into international agreements, is often important to the establishment of its statehood. The "state" can also be defined in terms of domestic conditions, specifically, as conceptualized by [[Max Weber]], "a state is a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the 'legitimate' use of physical force within a given territory."<ref>[http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/xweb.htm Max Weber's definition of the modern state 1918], by [[Max Weber]], 1918, retrieved [[March 17]], [[2006]].</ref>
All of these issues have a direct relationship with [[economics]].
All of these issues have a direct relationship with [[economics]].
=== War ===
=== War ===
