In geography, a country is a geographical region. The term is often applied to a political division or the territory of a state, or to a smaller, or former, political division of a geographical region. Usually, but not always, a country coincides with a sovereign territory and is associated with a state, nation and government. The country can also mean the countryside, as opposed to the city. In common usage, the term country is used in the sense of both nations and states, with definitions var… (More on Country)