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Shapes of States
Their Advantages and Disadvantages
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Elongated State
• State that is geographically long and relatively narrow
• Major Disadvantage: • Difficult to defend,
govern, and communicate with
• Transportation fairly simple
• Cultural variations typical
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Elongated State Example
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Compact State
• The distance from the geographic center of the state to any of the borders does not vary greatly
• Major Advantage: • Easier for defense and
communication
• Transportation fairly simple
• Easier cultural uniformity
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Compact State Example
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Fragmented State
• States that are divided from their other parts by either land or other states
• Major Advantage: • More difficult to invade • Allows for more cultural diversity • Access to varied resources
• Major Disadvantage: • More difficult to defend • More difficult to unify culturally
and politically
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Fragmented State Example
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Perforated State
• A state that completely surrounds another state
• Major Advantage: • Able to dictate actions of
enclosed state more easily
• Major Disadvantage: • Can lead to internal
tension and problems with enclosed state
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Perforated State Example
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Prorupt State
• States that have one portion that is much more elongated than the rest of the state – Typically to gain access to some resource or
trading route
• Major Advantage: • Access to resources and
trade not as dependent on neighbors
• Major Disadvantage: • Fairly easy to cut off by
invading states
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Prorupt State Example
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Microstate
• State that is extremely small
• Major Advantage: • Typically extremely
homogenous cultural communities
• Major Disadvantages: • Easy to take over
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Microstate Example
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Landlocked State
• A state that is completely inland with no direct access to the ocean
• Major Disadvantage: • Reliant on neighbors
for majority of international trade
• Dependent on land based agriculture
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Landlocked State Example