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Why are nation-states difficult to define? (PLEASE DO NOT PUT Links because links do not help)

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The concept of a nation-state is notoriously difficult to define. ... The most obvious deviation from this largely ideal model is the presence of minorities, especially ethnic minorities, which ethnic and cultural nationalists exclude from the majority nation.

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