What is the relationship between a nation, a state, and sovereignty?

A nation is a group of people who share some similarities, that can be language, culture, customs, and so on.

A state is a political authority that has territorial control over one specific area. Most states have the monopoly of the use of force.

FInally, sovereignty is the quality that a state has to govern over a specific territory without outside interference.

Mnay states are nation-states, meaning that the same nation also forms a state (for example, Japan), but other states are multinational entities where several nations live together (for example, Russia or India). And sovereignty is a quality that every state possesses, otherwise, they would not have legitimacy over the territory that they hold.

world war i had a devastating effect on german-americans and their cultural heritage. up until that point   german-americans, as a group, had been spared much of the discrimination, abuse, rejection, collective mistrust experienced by so many different racial and ethnic groups in the history of the united states. indeed, over the years, they had been viewed as a well integrated and esteemed part of american society. all of this change with the outbreak of war.