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state of the nation 

an annual speech given by the president or prime minister of a Unitary state (that is, a country which is not a Federation) outlining the plans of the nation for the upcoming year. So far, it is made in Luxembourg, the Philippines, South Africa, and Ghana.
Section 9. Every year, in the last Thursday in December, the President of the State shall address the National Assembly in joint session about the State of the Nation. In the address the President shall refer to the National Productivity and Accomplishment of Targets in the outgoing year and to Targets and Plans regarding the incoming year. The address may be reviewed by all Media, Israeli or Foreign, so desiring.
~Draft of the Constitution of the State of Israel, Article 157, Section 9
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I pledge allegiance to the South of the Confederate States of America. And to the confederacy, for which it stands, one nation, under God, divisible from the Union, with Liberty and Justice for the South. 

Please rise for the Pledge of Confederacy. "I pledge allegiance to the South of the Confederate States of America. And to the confederacy, for which it stands, one nation, under God, divisible from the Union, with Liberty and Justice for the South."

Theory of the Superstructure of Nation-States

A critical framework examining how nation-states function as a superstructure—a political and ideological apparatus that emerges from and legitimizes the global economic base. Nation-states appear as natural, sovereign units, each with its own interests, its own culture, its own people. But this theory reveals that nation-states are products of specific historical developments (colonialism, capitalism, nationalism) that serve to organize global capitalism. The superstructure of nation-states includes borders, citizenship, national identity, sovereignty doctrines—all of which manage labor mobility, control resources, and provide legitimacy for unequal global relations. The theory investigates how nationalism masks class interests, how borders serve capital, and how the nation-state system naturalizes what is historically constructed.
Example: "His theory of the superstructure of nation-states showed that the nation isn't a natural community but an ideological apparatus—built to organize populations for war, labor, and markets, and to naturalize a system that serves capital."

I pledge alligence to the flag of United States of America, and to the republic, of which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all 

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