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Originally Posted by melmothtw

Of course, one example of a "synthetic nation made up of wildly different elements and dominated by one group" that you omit to mention is the UK. We may yet get to see what happens when that "goes bang".

Which begs the question, is the UK a nation by the traditional definition of nation? Or is the UK a country?

Nation: A stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity, or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. A nation is distinct from a people, and is more abstract, and more overtly political, than an ethnic group. It is a cultural-political community that has become conscious of its autonomy, unity, and particular interests

Country: a region that is identified as a distinct entity in political geography.

And secondarily, is the distinction significant?