Definition:Nation-state is a composite of two terms combined by a hyphen and whose contents are disputed in both cases, namely the nation and the state. The two terms are closely related but not identical; rather, they draw persuasive and assertive power from each other. As a result—semantic ambiguities notwithstanding—the “nation-state” has gained such a high degree of plausibility in the geopolitical classification of the world that it is “taken for granted” (Elden, 2010, p. 803; Storey, 2012, pp. 7, 69, 73). According to Andreas Wimmer and Brian Min (2006), in 1900, only 40% of the world’s habitable landmass consisted of independent nation-states, while much of the rest was ruled by national empires. One hundred years later, however, autonomous nation-states accounted for almost 100% of the world’s land mass (See Fig.1).