Pays comes from the Latin Pagus which indicated a territorial and tribal Subdivision of restricted extent (about a few hundred km ²), subdivision of the Gallo-Roman Civitas . As the civitas which generally remains in the form of county or of évêché, the pagus remains with the Middle Ages.

Microphone-area

Within the meaning of small area , Pays can indicate a natural area or a territory.

  • Thus, in France, it indicates a natural area (or traditional country ), as defined by the geographical school of Vidal of Blache or by scholars local, or resulting from a feudal or ancient historical heritage (the Vendômois, the tourangelle Gâtine, the Champagne berrichonne, the Brenne, the Pays of Bray, the Pays of Caux…)

See also: natural Area of France

  • In France, the Loi Voynet of the June 25th 1999 on town and country planning reactualizes the concept of traditional country with the identification of country like territory of project , initialized by CELIB in 1971.

See also: Country (town and country planning)

  • In Canada, certain natural areas or histories are recognized by the governments, the geographers or the local populations, often apart from the official areas like the counties (Charlevoix, Three-rivers,…).

See also: natural Area of New Brunswick

  • a use, very near to the original direction, also makes it possible to indicate the birthplace of a person (“native land”, “badly of the country”) or a production resulting from Terroir S suitable for the country (“produced country”, “local wine”, “raw ham”…).
  • One uses also popularly the term country to nominate a person resulting from the same microphone-area. This employment generally implies that two people, who recognize the same geographic origin and the same cultural identity, meet apart from this regional context. One says “being country” (or “it is a country”) by sometimes using the equivalent of the word in the regional language (country-woman, feed…). The term is current at the companions.

A State, a province

See also: List of the countries of the world

The direction more the current is today that of State or Sovereign state. However, country is less precise and more neutral that State and makes it possible to indicate geographical spaces with the statute very diverse. All the recognized countries follow the international standards in term of national symbols the such Drapeau X and of political rights the such Citoyenneté. There is, In 2007, 195 countries recognized by the United Nations. Other countries are not with UNO, for political reasons, for example Taiwan.

Expressions built with the word country

Generally, the association of an epithet with country makes it possible to indicate a geographical unit easily sharing the same characteristics (“hot countries”, “rich countries”, “Baltic States”…).
  • a back-country is a contiguous geographical area and in close economic connection with a city or a port. One also speaks about Hinterland .
  • the land of plenty is an imaginary country or reigns abundance.
  • Pays of State (by reference to the provincial general states, nationals or) is a denomination relating to the statute and the administrative operation of a province of Ancien Mode (in opposition to the Pays of election).
  • the dish-country indicates, in a picturesque way the Flanders and in particular its maritime plain, characterized by a very weak relief.
  • country lost indicates a small isolated territory, having little means of communication and with a delay of development. The expression is dépréciative and popular. This idea is still exacerbated in the coarse expression of “bloody little fool of the world” which suggests that accused space is moved back the most of planet.
  • HTTP: /fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_ouvriere_des_compagnons_du_devoir Country and Coterie are the names of the members of the trade-guild

Country, State and nation: a question of vocabulary

A country is a geographical designation, a Nation designates the people while a State indicates the institutions functioning on a territory.

Certain countries are State-nations, for example the France; a nation in particular is then dominant. Other States, the such China, the Spain, the Canada or the the United Kingdom gather several nations, or part of a population forming it even a nation.

It is also advisable to mention the concept of federate State or “State in the State”: in this case, the Federal state (like the Canada, the Swiss , the Germany, the the United States) and the federate State (the province with the Canada, the Swiss canton in , the Land in Germany, the State with the the United States) share competences on the territory and the population which they control jointly. However, the international policy is the exclusive spring of the Federal state.

The word country is often used in the language spoken to indicate the State; however the word State has a more precise direction and is used in the agreements, treaties and legislations. A Sovereign state is a territory and a politically independent entity having its clean government, administration, laws and army. Sovereignty is however relative and can be limited by the treaties concluded, adhesion with a Federal state or by the simple play of universalization.

Thus in the same way that one can say that the the United Kingdom is a country, one can say that the England is a country. The use prefers to rather name “country” England than the United Kingdom, which does not prevent the the United Kingdom being a Sovereign state and from following the international policy. The inaccuracy of country has however the advantage of making its use neutral and nonpolemical

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