sovereign state

C40
concept

A sovereign state is a politically organized territory with a permanent population, defined borders, a government, and full independent authority over its internal and external affairs.

All labels observed (53)

Label Occurrences
sovereign state canonical 425
former country 188
republic 59

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: sovereign state
Generated description
A sovereign state is a politically organized territory with a permanent population, defined borders, a government, and full independent authority over its internal and external affairs.

Instances (844)

Instance Via concept surface
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Kingdom of Syria former country
United States (Larry Niven)
surface form: United States
Czech state
Alania former country
Republic of Genoa former country
Connorville, County Cork
surface form: Ireland
Mauretania (ancient kingdom) former country
Duchy of Guastalla
Corsican Republic former country
Kingdom of Spain
Mengjiang former country
Congo
surface form: Republic of the Congo
Serbia and Montenegro former country
Grand Duchy of Frankfurt grand duchy
Kingdom of Venetia former country
Natalia Republic former country
Democratic Republic of Georgia former country
Sultanate of Sulu sultanate
Princely State of Cutch former country
Sultanate of Maguindanao sultanate
Congo-Léopoldville
Modern Greek state
Khanate of Khiva former country
Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Napoleonic) grand duchy
St Lucia
surface form: Saint Lucia
Niue island country
Ajuran Sultanate sultanate
State of Rio de Janeiro state
Garha-Mandla kingdom
Sultanate of Lanao sultanate
People’s Republic of Zanzibar socialist state
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic former country
Isaaq Sultanate sultanate
Republic of Cuba (1902–1959)
Roman Republic (1798–1799) republic
RSI
surface form: Italian Social Republic
fascist state
Lebanon and Israel
surface form: Lebanon
Filipina
surface form: Philippines
Republic of Baden republic
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia kingdom
Emirate of Bari former country
Republic of the United States of Brazil
State of Vietnam anti-communist state
Republic of Egypt
Gustavianum at Haga
surface form: Sweden
RMI
surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
Russian Federation (illegally, not internationally recognized)
surface form: Russian Federation
Roman province of Egypt former country
NDH fascist state