neutral state
Nonaligned sovereign nation
A neutral state is a country that remains uninvolved in armed conflicts between other nations, neither joining alliances nor permitting belligerent forces to use its territory.
Switzerland is the classic example, maintaining neutrality through both World Wars.
The term also describes any condition of balance or noncommitment: After the argument, she tried to return to a neutral state.
- nonalignmentRefusal to join blocs
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- stasisState of inactivity
- standing stillAbsence of motion
- calmFree from agitation
buffer zone · no man's land · impartiality · middle ground · demilitarized zone · level playing field · even · objectivity · nonbelligerent · emotional regulation · equanimity · equilibrium · rest · poise · pause · waiting game · beige · blank canvas
- Neutralityimpartiality, non-alignment, non-aligned, non-intervention, non-participation
- political entitiesnation, country, kingdom, republic, dominion
- territoriesprovince, region, country, colony, dominion
- emptinessemptiness, void, vacuum, nothingness, blank
- European PoliticsEU, European Parliament, European Union, EU Commission, eurozone
- matter statessolid, plasma, vapor, gaseous, fluid
neutral stateally
Supportive partner
satellite state · client state · NATO member · Axis power · coalition partner