independent mini-nation
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independent mini-nation
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Calque of Japanese ミニ独立国 (minidokuritsukoku, “mini-independent country”).
Transposed from alternative form mini-independent country to add emphasis on "mini-nation".
noun independent mini-nations
- Alternative form of mini-independent country These republics are among the "independent mini-nations" (mini dokuritsu koku) that have been founded throughout Japan since the late 1970s for a variety of overlapping objectives, including attracting tourists both to increase revenues and to counter the adverse effects of the out-migration of youn
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