.. index:: single: ORG_0000048; country single: country; ORG_0000048 ORG_0000048 - country ==================================================================================== .. topic:: Label country .. topic:: Sub class of :doc:`doc-ORG_0000045` .. topic:: Definition The territory governed by a sovereign state. .. topic:: Definition source Michael Conlon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-8447 .. topic:: Example Canada, Ecuador, Slovakia, Namibia, Pakistan, New Zealand are all countries .. topic:: Editor's note This term is about the territory, not the geopolitical entity of the same name. .. topic:: Term editor Michael Conlon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-8447