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| Term | Definition | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Communism | The complete abolition of private property, with it in the hands of a government or the people who work or live with it. | - |
| Country | Sovereign state. | United States, Germany, Ottoman Empire |
| Empire | A country with ownership of land that is not controlled like the “core” part of the country and treated differently. | Ottoman Empire, French Empire |
| Ethnicity | Ancestral shared cultural background. Note: Doesn’t mean the person in question has to have the culture, just their related family, especially ancestors. | Jewish, Asian, German, Chinese, Hispanic |
| Fascism | Ideology focused on the nation, focusing all authority to the nation with the power of a strong dictator. | Nazism |
| Liberalism | Philosophy of liberty, individual rights, and equality. | - |
| Libertarianism | Philosophy of individual autonomy from authority and the reduction of authority that isn’t the self. | - |
| Liberty | The ability to act on certain things with moral or legal authority backing it. | Freedom of Speech |
| Marxism | The theoretical transition from Capitalism to Communism. Marxist ideas would be things that would lead closer to that ideal. | ”Ownership of a business should be split among its employees.” |
| Nation | A sovereign state with a focus on a shared culture. Often based around an ethnicity. Empire’s usually don’t count. Note: Most people use Nation, Country, and State interchangeably. | United States, Germany |
| Rights | Entitlements for people, morally or legally, to do or refrain from certain things with no or little resistance from society or the government. | Right to Life |
| State | Geographic political body with its own government. | California, United States, Germany, Ottoman Empire |
| Immigrants | People who choose to move from one country to another. | |