Nations
States
States noun - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776.
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- There are no Amish in other states or nations.
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Super Registration Act: Breakthroughs are required to be registered in some states and nations, such as New York and Japan.
Source: Literature / Wearing the Cape -
Fictional United Nations: The Consistory, whose (full) membership in not limited to states or nations.
Source: Literature / Malê Rising
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