Damion's note: countries are considered material entities, but at moment ENVO "national geopolitical entity" is a site. It will need to be moved to a material entity in order for countries to be placed under it. For now, we use NCIT's "Country" term.

Country

A collective generic term that refers here to a wide variety of dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, uninhabited islands, and other entities in addition to the traditional countries or independent states.