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 |
| island country | 55 |
| kingdom | 54 |
| landlocked country | 51 |
| sultanate | 42 |
| state | 36 |
| socialist state | 22 |
| country in Europe | 21 |
| nation | 16 |
| grand duchy | 12 |
| archipelagic state | 9 |
| country in South America | 9 |
| member state of the European Union | 9 |
| Nordic country | 8 |
| fascist state | 7 |
| trading state | 7 |
| UN member state | 5 |
| country in East Asia | 5 |
| member state of the United Nations | 5 |
| Christian state | 4 |
| country in Central Asia | 4 |
| country in Western Europe | 4 |
| sovereign government | 4 |
| anti-communist state | 3 |
| maritime power | 3 |
| post-colonial state | 3 |
| superpower | 3 |
| Ukrainian state | 2 |
| United Nations member state | 2 |
| archipelagic country | 2 |
| member state of NATO | 2 |
| member states of an international organization | 2 |
| nation-state | 2 |
| sovereign principality | 2 |
| sovereign state apparatus | 2 |
| unitary state | 2 |
| Cambodian state | 1 |
| Commonwealth realm | 1 |
| member state | 1 |
| post-Soviet state | 1 |
| sovereign state configuration | 1 |
| sovereign state territory | 1 |
| sovereign territory | 1 |
| technologically advanced state | 1 |
| type of sovereign state | 1 |
| unitary state authority | 1 |
| государство | 1 |
| دولة | 1 |
| სუვერენული სახელმწიფო | 1 |
| 国家 | 1 |
| 국가 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Wadai Sultanate | sultanate |
|
VG
surface form:
Germany
|
country in Europe |
| Kartvelebi | nation |
| Ethiopia | — |
|
PRK
surface form:
People's Republic of Kampuchea
|
socialist state |
| Bamana Kingdom | kingdom |
| Republic of Guinea | — |
| Travancore | former country |
|
state of Cao Wei
surface form:
Cao Wei
|
kingdom |
| Vikings of Dublin | maritime power |
|
Mexico (indirectly via Four Corners region with New Mexico)
surface form:
Mexico
|
— |
| modern-day Morocco | — |
|
PTPN
surface form:
Federated States of Micronesia
|
— |
| Passamaquoddy Tribal Government | sovereign government |
| Bahawalpur State | former country |
|
Tajikistan (via Syr Darya)
surface form:
Tajikistan
|
— |
|
Zhordania
surface form:
Democratic Republic of Georgia
|
former country |
|
Free State
surface form:
Lesotho
|
landlocked country |
| СССР | государство |
| United States of the Ionian Islands | republic |
| Iceland | — |
| Principality of Leiningen | — |
| Palau | — |
| Triarchy of Negroponte | former country |
| Polish state | — |
|
Kalim-Allah Shah
surface form:
Bahmani Sultanate
|
sultanate |
| Kuban People's Republic | republic |
|
present-day Austria
surface form:
Austria
|
— |
| First Philippine Republic | republic |
| Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace | — |
|
TKK
surface form:
Federated States of Micronesia
|
— |
|
unified Germany
surface form:
Unified Germany
|
— |
|
Jingdi
surface form:
Eastern Wu
|
state |
|
Zilie
surface form:
Eastern Wu
|
state |
|
Nyby, Västerbotten County, Sweden
surface form:
Sweden
|
— |
| modern France | — |
|
Dúngal mac Fergaile
surface form:
Osraige
|
kingdom |
|
United States (West Point, Georgia, for certain generations)
surface form:
United States
|
— |
|
Mo Zu
surface form:
Eastern Wu
|
state |
|
Finland (Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland)
surface form:
Finland
|
— |
| Cyprus | — |
| Gabon | — |
| British India | former country |
|
Estonia (Gulf of Finland and Gulf of Riga)
surface form:
Estonia
|
— |
| Italian Social Republic | fascist state |
|
Yuanzong
surface form:
Eastern Wu
|
state |
|
Yuanxing
surface form:
Eastern Wu
|
state |
| Tír Chonaill | kingdom |
|
principality of Hohenlohe
surface form:
Principality of Hohenlohe
|
— |
|
United Kingdom (indirectly via Burma operations)
surface form:
United Kingdom
|
— |