— an organized division of an area that is controlled by a country but is not formally developed into, or incorporated into, a political unit of the country that is of equal status to other political units that may often be referred to by words such as "provinces" or "regions" or "states"
— with the rise of globalization, the concept of citizenship as a form of membership and identity in one nation-state has changed. the increase in the number of countries allowing dual citizenship and noncitizen rights has made the acquisition of citizenship less pressing.
