- A STATE : A State can be defined as an organed community of people living in a given geographical entity and having a central government and soveignty. It is geographicaly determined with international recognized boundries. A state must have a Central government whose authority stretches all over the entire territory. The people share much in common such as;
- Police force, law
- Army for defence
- A common Language
- A constitution binning them
The Cameroon state has a triangular format that broad on in the south and narrow up in the North. There are many types of state that exist.
- A unitary State
- The Federal State
- Confederal State
B) A NATION:
A nation can be defined as a large community of people living in a particular Area and who are members of a political community or country. This people are assurable to one government and share the same culture, members of a particular nation live within the state where the government of that country is based as well as a diaspora.
