T E R R I T O R Y

"Governments" have always been defined geographically, in terms of territory" (Stiehm 208).

"Place remains a governmental essence" (Stiehm 210).

So geography constrains political identities and possibilities of countries and their citizens. The fact that a nation's territory is more paramount than its citizenry is obvious when we consider that the basic fact of military history is that people (men) die in the name of their territory (Stiehm 209).