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The concept of the state as a country's supreme legal entity has become an  indispensible component of political analysis.  Although originally created by [[government]]s, the state has acquired a notional  existence that  is independent of the  government, [[country]] and [[nation]] with which it is associated.
The concept of the [[state]] as a country's supreme legal entity has become an  indispensible component of political analysis.  Although originally created by governments, the state has acquired a notional  existence that  is independent of the  [[government]], [[country]] and [[nation]] with which it is associated. It has the characteristics of a [[corporation]] in its ability to enter into every form of legal and commercial transaction in the same way as an individual.

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The concept of the state as a country's supreme legal entity has become an indispensible component of political analysis. Although originally created by governments, the state has acquired a notional existence that is independent of the government, country and nation with which it is associated. It has the characteristics of a corporation in its ability to enter into every form of legal and commercial transaction in the same way as an individual.