nation in WordNet English dictionary

1. a politically organized body of people under a single government
   "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
   state  nation  country  land  commonwealth  res publica  body politic 
   
2. the people who live in a nation or country
   "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
   nation  land  country 
   
3. a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
   "the Shawnee nation"
   nation