Sentence examples for functional nations from inspiring English sources

So the pope's main argument is that visibly successful and highly functional nations and states that already have passed same-sex marriage laws are causing the Western world to crumble?

We must be active in Afghanistan until it is a functional nation once again -- one with a just sharing of power among its competing ethnic groups.

If the world really wants Afghanistan to reinvent itself as a stable and functional nation, it must help Afghans assure education for their children.

As a failed state, the Central African Republic CARR) is today more a plot of territory than a functional nation.

The Central African Republic: Implications of Africa's "Phantom State" As a failed state, the Central African Republic (CAR) is today more a plot of territory than a functional nation.

By African standards, Libya seems wealthy and functional; Arab nations, even North African neighbors, have little affection for Qaddafi.

The answer is actually quite straightforward; we will either muster the will to keep the nation functional or we will not.

National activity nations.

NICK PAUMGARTEN: Is any state functional?

WHILE CONGRESS was congratulating itself on reaching a minimalist bipartisan deal on the budget, Mexico demonstrated how a more functional democracy can tackle a nation's biggest and most sensitive problems.

They had US forces invade Iraq, depose Saddam, and destroy a very functional regime in favor of an airhead nation-building project.