Synonyms for Nation (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)):
Carry Amelia Moore Nation, Carry Nation
WordNet sense 2 (a politically organized body of people under a single government):
commonwealth, country, state, land, body politic, res publica
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