nation

Attributed national claim

Record who describes the collective as a nation, what they mean by that description and when the claim applies.

1. What collective does each national name denote, and how do its users define nationhood? definition
2. Which self-descriptions and external accounts support or contest that designation, and from which periods? provenance

Nation, state and community distinction

Record overlaps and differences among the nation, citizenries, ethnic groups, language communities and regional populations.

1. Where do asserted national boundaries differ from citizenship, ethnicity, language or residence? boundary
2. Do similarly named collectives denote the same nation, a constituent community or a distinct national claim? boundary

Membership accounts

Record attributed membership criteria and how they accommodate self-identification, newcomers and overlapping national identities.

1. Which criteria do different constituencies use to describe national belonging? definition
2. How do those criteria handle mixed ancestry, migration, diaspora membership and identification with more than one nation? boundary

Population estimate basis

Keep estimates tied to the population sampled, the category measured and the opportunity respondents had to express their identity.

1. Does each estimate measure self-identified nationhood, citizenship, ancestry, language or an externally assigned category? measurement
2. What survey wording, response options, coverage, date and uncertainty qualify the estimate? provenance

Continuity and origin claims

Separate documented historical developments from later narratives that interpret them as national origins or continuity.

1. Which events or periods are presented as the nation's emergence, consolidation, rupture or revival, and by whom? provenance
2. What supports treating earlier and later collectives as the same national subject, and where is that continuity disputed? boundary

Cultural transmission and variation

Record associated languages, symbols, commemorations, education and media with their reach, variation and contested meanings.

1. Which practices and symbols are associated with national identity, and which constituencies use or reject them? provenance
2. What evidence shows their transmission across generations and their variation across regions or diaspora communities? measurement

Territorial relationship types

Record the basis and extent of each territorial attachment separately from jurisdiction and sovereignty claims.

1. Which places are identified as homelands, and is each attachment cultural, historical, residential or explicitly political? definition
2. Where do claimed homelands overlap other national attachments or differ from current settlement and state borders? boundary

Dispersed community connections

Distinguish diaspora identification from citizenship abroad and record the relationships sustaining or contesting continued belonging.

1. Which dispersed communities identify with the nation, and which are identified as members only by external actors? provenance
2. How do language, family ties, associations, return practices or political participation connect these communities to the asserted homeland? definition

Plural national political positions

Record political aspirations and recognition statements with their proponents, constituencies, dates and precise objects.

1. Which actors advocate cultural recognition, autonomy, independence, unification or other arrangements, and what evidence indicates support? measurement
2. Does each recognition statement concern a nation, a minority, a representative organisation or a sovereign state? boundary

Representative authority limits

Record the evidence and limits of mandates before attributing statements, agreements or consent to the nation.

1. How was each purported representative selected, which constituency is covered and what challenges to the mandate are documented? provenance
2. For the proposed consultation, agreement or public attribution, whose mandate or consent is required and what remains unauthorised? action

Check these first

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these check these first hold for the sense of nation this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Kinds and varieties

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1. Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of nation this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Real-world use

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1. Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of nation this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Failure modes and hazards

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1. Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of nation this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Regional variation

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1. Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of nation this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart

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1. Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of nation this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance