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A nation is a group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity. It historically constitutes a stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

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National stereotyps

“Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and it is all organised by the Swiss. Hell is where the police are German, the cooks are English, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and it is all organised by the Italians”.

What is a Nation?

The What is a Nation? essay by French historian Ernst Renan (1823–1892) is known for the statement that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget, as what they remember. It is frequently quoted or anthologized in works of history or political science pertaining to nationalism.

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