Which of the following differentiates a state and a nation?
A. A state is a form of political identity, whereas a nation is a political-legal abstraction.
B. Membership in a state is an objective and legal fact, while the feeling of identification with a nation is a subjective sentiment.
C. Unlike states, nations have organizational and institutional characteristics such as administrative officials or mapped boundaries.
D. States practice decentralized decision making, while nations take their decisions unilaterally.
E. States do not claim a monopoly on the legitimate use of force over their own people like nations.
B
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