full question description: "A peice of coastal land, and surrounding fishing areas, has been occupied by a fishing society for centuries. This society does not have any government, or knowledge that any larger government rules over them" Do political scientists consider the society described here to be a country?
no, because it does not have an organized government. There are 4 requirements for an area to be considered a country: - It has citizens - It has estanlished Government - It has borders that separate it with another nations - It has acknowledgement from other nations The society that mentioned on the excerpt above is lacking in requirements 2 and requirements 4.