State and Nation
By Prof. Jet T. Castillo
State and Nation
•For laymen, these 2 terms are synonymous.
•But for Contemporary World students, there is a big difference.
The State
•Definition of State
•a community of persons more or less numerous, permanently
occupying a definite portion of territory, possessing an organized
government to which the great body of the inhabitants render
habitual obedience, and free or nearly so from external control.
4 Elements of a State
•People
•Territory
•Government
•Sovereignty
People
•Mass of population living within the state.
•No people, no state
•Take the case of Antarctica
•Smallest state in terms of population –Vatican (900)
•Largest state in terms of population –China (2 billion)
•Philippine population as of 2016 –100 million
Territory
•The land that the people occupy.
•No land, no state…even if there are people.
Territory
•Take the case of the Jews one century ago. They were
