1. Population
• Groups of people
living in common
territory
• Can be homogeneous
or heterogeneous
• Stability comes from
common language,
culture, history and
customs

2. Territory
• Land with
recognizable
boundaries
• Boarders that can be
protected

3. Sovereignty
• Supreme and
absolute power within
its own territory
• Determines its own
government, laws and
policies

4. Government
• Politically organized
• Agency in which the
state exerts its will
and works to
accomplish its goals