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A stateless nation is a political term used to imply that a group, usually a minority ethnic group
Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common culture, linguistic, religion, human behaviour or Race traits, real or presumed, as indic...
, is a nation
Nation

A nation is a cultural and social community. In as much as most members never meet each other, yet feel a common bond, it may be considered an imagined community....
, and is entitled to its own state
State

A state is a political Social contract with effective sovereignty over a geographic area and representing a population. These may be nation states, State or multinational states....
, specifically a nation-state
Nation-state

The nation-state is a certain form of state that derives its legitimacy from serving as a Sovereignty entity for a nation as a sovereign territorial unit....
 for that nation. Since there are no objective criteria for whether a particular group is a nation, or which particular group "has" any given multinational state
Multinational state

A multinational state is a state in which the population consists of two or more ethnicity distinct nations that are of significant size. This contrasts with a nation-state where a single nation comprises the bulk of the population....
, usage of the term is political and controversial. Usually, it is used by a movement seeking secession
Secession

Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity. It is not to be confused with succession, the act of following in order or sequence....
 from a larger state, which may also be a nation-state.






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A stateless nation is a political term used to imply that a group, usually a minority ethnic group
Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common culture, linguistic, religion, human behaviour or Race traits, real or presumed, as indic...
, is a nation
Nation

A nation is a cultural and social community. In as much as most members never meet each other, yet feel a common bond, it may be considered an imagined community....
, and is entitled to its own state
State

A state is a political Social contract with effective sovereignty over a geographic area and representing a population. These may be nation states, State or multinational states....
, specifically a nation-state
Nation-state

The nation-state is a certain form of state that derives its legitimacy from serving as a Sovereignty entity for a nation as a sovereign territorial unit....
 for that nation. Since there are no objective criteria for whether a particular group is a nation, or which particular group "has" any given multinational state
Multinational state

A multinational state is a state in which the population consists of two or more ethnicity distinct nations that are of significant size. This contrasts with a nation-state where a single nation comprises the bulk of the population....
, usage of the term is political and controversial. Usually, it is used by a movement seeking secession
Secession

Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity. It is not to be confused with succession, the act of following in order or sequence....
 from a larger state, which may also be a nation-state. Often, the advocates of secession see the larger state as a form of Empire
Empire

Empire derives from the Latin word imperium, denoting ?military command? in Roman. Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled either by a monarch or an oligarchy....
 and its rule as Imperialism
Imperialism

Imperialism has two meanings; one describing an action and the other describing an attitude.#Action: Imperialism is the practice of extending the power, control or rule by one country over areas outside its borders....
. They usually reject the principle of a multi-ethnic state, certainly in cases where one of its ethnic group
Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common culture, linguistic, religion, human behaviour or Race traits, real or presumed, as indic...
s seeks sovereignty
Sovereignty

File:Leviathan gr.jpgSovereignty is the exclusive right to control a government, a State, a people, or oneself. A sovereign is a supreme lawmaking authority....
.

Not all minorities claim to be 'stateless', even if they assert a separate nationality
Nationality

Nationality is a the relationship between a person and their state of origin, culture, association, affiliation and/or loyalty. Nationality affords the state jurisdiction over the person and affords the person the protection of the state....
. States recognise minority ethnic group
Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common culture, linguistic, religion, human behaviour or Race traits, real or presumed, as indic...
s and nationalities to different degrees: recognising specific cultural and linguistic rights, and allowing certain political autonomy. For instance, the Council of Europe
Council of Europe

The Council of Europe is the oldest international organisation working towards European integration, having been founded in 1949. It has a particular emphasis on legal standards, human rights, democracy development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation....
 has established since 1992 the "European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages is a European treaty adopted in 1992 under the auspices of the Council of Europe to protect and promote historical regional language and minority languages in Europe....
" to protect some specific cultural and linguistic rights.

See also

  • European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
    European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

    The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages is a European treaty adopted in 1992 under the auspices of the Council of Europe to protect and promote historical regional language and minority languages in Europe....
  • Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
    Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

    In February 1995, 22 member States of the Council of Europe, signed the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities .The Council of Europe first discussed according specific protection for national minorites in 1949, but it was not until 1990 that the Council of Europe made a firm commitment to protect these minority gro...
  • List of active autonomist and secessionist movements
    List of active autonomist and secessionist movements

    This is a list of currently active Autonomous entity and secessionist movements around the world.Entries on this list meet two criteria: they are active movements with living, active members, and they are seeking greater autonomy or self-determination for a geographic region ....
  • Multinational state
    Multinational state

    A multinational state is a state in which the population consists of two or more ethnicity distinct nations that are of significant size. This contrasts with a nation-state where a single nation comprises the bulk of the population....
  • Self-determination
    Self-determination

    Self-determination is defined as free choice of one?s own acts without external compulsion, and especially as the freedom of the people of a given territory to determine their own political status or independence from their current state....
  • Sovereignty
    Sovereignty

    File:Leviathan gr.jpgSovereignty is the exclusive right to control a government, a State, a people, or oneself. A sovereign is a supreme lawmaking authority....


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  • , published by the advocacy group Eurominority