Nation-states have their characteristics differing from pre-national states. For a start, they have a different attitude to their territory compared to dynastic monarchies: it is semisacred and nontransferable. No nation would swap territory with other states simply, for example, because the king's daughter married. They have a different type of border, in principle, defined only by the national group's settlement area. However, many nation-states also sought natural borders (rivers, mountain ranges). They are constantly changing in population size and power because of the limited restrictions of their borders.
Nation-states have their characteristics differing from pre-national states. For, a start, they have a different attitude to their ,territory compared to dynastic monarchies: it is semisacred and nontransferable. No nation would swap territory with other states simply, for example because the king's daughter married. They have a different type of border, in principle defined only by the national group's settlement area. However, many nation-states also sought natural borders (rivers, mountain ranges). They are constantly changing in population size and power because of the limited restrictions of their borders.