I   Types of Independent State Currently Applicable

1. Single nation-state, no sizable additional territorial ethno-national or linguistic group within  its territory or
    confederate  nation-state broadly dispersing power to two or more territorial nations within  (i.e., Brazil, Switzerland)..
2. Nation-state.  90-99% one nation with one or more sizable additional territorial ethno-national or linguistic groups within
    its territory (i.e., China, USA)
3. Nation-state.  70-89% one nation with one or more sizable additional territorial ethno-national or linguistic groups
    within its territory (i.e., United Kingdom, Turkey).
4. Nation-state.  50-69% one nation with one or more sizable additional territorial ethno-national or linguistic groups within its
    territory (i.e., (Spain, Bolivia).
5. Aspiring nation-state, general use of broad unifying language in a state only recently literate (i.e., Tanzania).
6. Autocratic state, not broadly based, but with a majority language (i.e., Saudi Arabia).
7. Minority ethnic group and/or a foreign-trained elite usually using a minority imperial language to govern                    
     (i..e., India, Pakistan, Nigeria).

II. Types of Historical Independent State not Currently Applicable

A.  Majority nation-state locally but a minority with overseas empire (i.e. Britain, circa 1803-1960).
B. Supra-national contiguous state (i.e. Soviet Union, circa 1919 to 1991)
C. Contiguous Soviet-allied and dominated “independent” state (i.e., Poland, 1944-1989).
D. Overseas Soviet-allied and dominated “independent” state (i.e., Ethiopia, 1978-1991).
E. Powerful ethnic group dominates as being “superior” to others (i.e. Nazi Germany 1938-1944).