state displays
Public displays which show off the power and affirm the authority of any sovereign entity, determined more by territoriality than kinship and in which the central governing agency supersedes local authority. These include autonomous city-states, kingdoms, monarchies, empires, republics, nation-states, and totalitarian regimes. State displays may be graphic or emblematic, taking the form of authorized art (for example, the Soviet ... ...
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