The Austrian Empire. It contained atleast 11 ethinically distinct peoples in 1848.
-Shawn Bean
Switzerland is considered a nation state. It is a country with a defined territory, a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. Switzerland is not a stateless nation, part-nation state, or multinational state.
The Dutch Republic
It is a multinational state.
THOMAS MUNCK has written: 'SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE: STATE, CONFLICT AND THE SOCIAL ORDER IN EUROPE, 1598-1700'
The map of Europe before World War 1 showed that the largest nation was Austria-Hungary. It was a multinational state composed of Austrians, Czechs, Hungarians, Slovaks, Serbs, Ukrainians, Croats, Romanians, Italians, and Slovenians.
Europe is a continent, and is not IN a state. : )
The Vatican is the smallest state in Europe.
Examples include present-day United Kingdom, Russia, Nigeria, and India, each having various ethnicites within a single state border. The USSR and Yugoslavia were former multinational states.
Maine is the closet state to Europe.
It is not multinational, as all Swiss citizens consider themselves as "Swiss". But it is multi-lingual. There are 4 official languages in Switzerland: German, French, Italian and Romansh. Different languages are spoken in different parts of the country.
No it is not a state as it is part of Europe
Yugoslavia.