Centrifugal Forces

Centrifugal forces are forces are forces that tend to drive a nation apart, rather than unite a nation. During the past half century in the United States, many centrifugal forces have affected this country continuously. One especially challenging force is the huge amount of diversity in the United States. Different religions, languages, culture, customs, immigrants, and ethnic groups clash against each other. This raises the issue of racism, which makes many minorities feel discriminated against. Another centrifugal force, in my opinion, is terrorism. After the attacks on September 11, 2001, people in the United States were really rude to Middle Easterners/ Arabs. This further drives a nation apart. There are also centrifugal forces in the

About 50 states have populations fewer than one million. Even though Singapore may be small, it has a considerable amount of international influence. China has been struggling with their large population issue, but has had “dramatic economic growth”. Western Europeans and North American countries are only having one to three percent growth annually, whereas China is experiencing seven to ten percent. There is no ideal population for a certain country in the world. Japan has one of the most dominant economies on Earth. The Netherlands is overpopulated, but thrives, whereas Liberia is suffering. There are two important geographical clues to the organizational character of the state: 1. Nature of the state’s core area and 2. Size & functions of its capital city. Many European states grew from a core area, but growth was blocked by defined boundaries and neighboring countries. The farther away from the core area, the smaller the towns, the fewer the factories, and more open land. One of the world’s leading national cores are Japan’s Kanto Plain, France’s Paris Basin, Egypt’s Cairo-Alexandria axis and Nile delta, and Chile’s capital, Santiago. Multicore states are states that possess more than one core area. The capital city is the political nerve center of the country. Many former colonies spent much building their capitals to somewhat model London, Paris, Lisbon, or Brussels. Capital cities that are the largest and most economically influential are referred to as primate cities. Some newly independent states relocate their capital cities, which is a huge expense. Moving the capital sometimes opens up the interior of a country, prompting people to move there. The capital city generally symbolizes the state. Internal political organizations of states can influence many factors. Capital cities usually represented authority in the past. Europe’s nation-states were unitary states, and their