UNCLOS - defines rights and responsibilities of nations in the use of international waters, established territorial seas and exclusive economic zones, theocracy - a state whose government is either believed to be divinely guided or a state under control of religious leaders, microstate - a state or territory that is small in both population and area, geopolitics - study of the relationship between states and other political entities, self-determination - right of a nation to govern itself autonomously , gerrymandering - designation of voting districts so as to favor a particular political party or candidate, unitary state - state governed constitutionally as a unit, without internal divisions or a federalist delegation of powers, demarcation - process of showing the physical representation of a boundary on the landscape, redistricting - the drawing of a new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes, forward capital - a capital city that is put in a particular location to show that the home country intends to use that land in the future, although it is not currently in use, supranationalism - ASEAN, OPEC, UN, NATO, ethnonationalism  - nationalism where the nation and nationality are defined in terms of ethnicity , irredentism - territorial claim based on a national, ethnic or historical basis, coup d' etat - group revolt against a country's current ruling power, devolution - process of moving powers from a central government to smaller, subnational governments, democratization - transition to a more democratic political regime, subsequent boundary  - established in 1934 on the island of Hispaniola between Dominican Republic (Spanish speaking) and Haiti (French creole Haitian) Haiti, delimited boundary - drawn on a map as in creating electoral districts or counties, superimposed boundary - United Nations created borders of Israel in 1947-48, neocolonialism  - economic and political policies which indirectly control lesser developed countries,

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