Quote Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff View Post
That's the beauty of it. "Nations" are not necessarilly defined as autonomous. Scotland is a nation, but it is not sovereign, etc
True. Nation doesn't equal State. Even a State doesn't need to be sovereign, but it is one of the key structures of any normal state. A Nation means a culturally similar people. It comprises of the people inside its Nation-State (If it exists) and its diaspora.