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Its called Nation-State
A nation-state is a state, or country, that has defined borders and territory. It is additionally a country in which a nation of principally the same type of people exists, organized by either race or cultural background. In the nation-state, generally, everyone would speak the same language, probably practice the same or similar types of religion, and share a set of cultural, "national," values.
Alabama is known as the "Cotton State"
Texas could be defined as a nation, as it is a large group of people that share a common culture, language and possible history. However, Texas is not a state, defined as a sovereign entity, so it is not a nation-state as the term is typically defined. If you defined state instead as a sub-unit of the U.S. then perhaps you could define Texas as a nation-state.
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