a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978 | a politically organized body of people under a single government |
a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii | the people who live in a nation or country |
| the territory occupied by a nation |
| an area outside of cities and towns |
| a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) |