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npub19fywau9ff6pjmjek7k4kukgdcdf7w4chne57upj5s7y87gk7v27qx7n5nv (npub19fy…n5nv) ✙ dcc :pedomustdie: :phear_slackware: (npub1lar…q5vr) npub1vge34mmjxcn9hh6mxnfs2c6405n6dgemtw4753f5q5h6r4yq3g0s2awxqy (npub1vge…wxqy) It has shifted to be a more broad economic and government descriptor, but the meaning has not actually changed beyond an emphasis on industrialization, which would mean by the modern definition you use, even the most advanced civilizations of the past were not first-world.
Empires are not nation-states. By defintion, empires comprise of a number of nations subordinate to a single authority-in other words, nations that are not sovereign. There is no such thing as an isolationist empire, because it would then cease to be an empire at all.
Empires are not nation-states. By defintion, empires comprise of a number of nations subordinate to a single authority-in other words, nations that are not sovereign. There is no such thing as an isolationist empire, because it would then cease to be an empire at all.