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{{දියුණු කරන්න}} 
'''රාජ්‍යය''' (En = Sovereign state)'  is a political association with effective [[sovereignty]] over a geographic area and representing a population. A state usually includes the set of [[institution]]s that claim the [[authority]] to make the rules that govern the people of the society in that territory, though its status as a state often depends in part on being recognized by a number of other states as having internal and external sovereignty over it.(contracted; show full)
The rise of the "modern state" as a public power constituting the supreme political authority within a defined territory is associated with western Europe's gradual institutional development beginning in earnest in the late 15th century, culminating in the rise of [[political absolutism|absolutism]] and [[capitalism]].

As Europe's dynastic states—[[Kingdom of England|England]] under the [[Tudor dynasty|Tudors]], [[Spain]] under the [[Habsburg]]s, and [[
Franceප්‍රංශය]] under the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbons]]—embarked on a variety of programs designed to increase centralized political and economic control, they increasingly exhibited many of the institutional features that characterize the "modern state". This centralization of power involved the delineation of political boundaries, as European monarchs gradually defeated or co-opted other sources of power, such as the Church and lesser nobility. In place of the fragmented system of [[feudalism|feudal]] rule, (contracted; show full)
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