Sentence examples for micro states from inspiring English sources

Obviously it wouldn't be worth the Scottish government having the same international diplomatic representation as Britain – but who will look after Scots who get into difficulties on tiny Caribbean islands, and distant Pacific atolls and other micro states?

c and d are the simulated macro-states and micro states of PLR and RTT.

c and d are the simulated macro-states and micro states of PLR and RTT with three probes.

In the following, we will define energy landscapes for two levels of abstraction: the microscopic level covers all possible (micro-) states of a system and its dynamics, whereas the macroscopic level enables a more coarse-grained model of the system's dynamics, based on a partitioning of all micro-states into macro-states.

That can fairly be applied to micro-states such as Monaco, Andorra or Liechtenstein.

Leaving aside micro-states such as Monaco, Italy is the only country in western Europe still in this position.

In sharp contrast are micro-states, a direct result of the application of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and the principle of self-determination.The sources of sovereign legitimacy in nation-states, large or small, are not obvious in micro-states.

Micro-states have uniformly leveraged these rights by transforming themselves into tax-havens.Nonetheless, micro-states are in essence selling (or at least leasing) sovereignty because they have little else to offer (except tourism).

These three principles still leave the way open for selfish groups to gouge out micro-states at will.

Trade and capital flows generate little in the way of common ground between the micro-states of the Pacific islands.

Both the European Union and America are tiptoeing in this direction, but Luxembourg, Switzerland and some micro-states are resisting.