self-governing region
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- provinceRegional administrative district
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
independence · homeland · enclave · canton · parliament · borders · freedom · nation · statehood · jurisdiction · self-rule · federation · separatism · referendum · autonomy · assembly · indigenous · commonwealth
degree of autonomy
self-governing regionoccupied territory
Land under foreign military control
puppet state · colony · vassal state · crown colony · satellite state
political status
self-governing regioncolony
Dependent territorial settlement
occupied zone · military administration · client state · tributary state · dominion