State survival

For a state to survive it must have three necessary charactersitics. The creation of an "other" to organize the population around a identity against another identity. Second, The infrastructural capacity to control the population within its borders, and thrid, a monopoly on force. A prime example is how the Nazi's used the Jews as a target for there created Nazi/Arian Race.
The state must also posess characteristics such as hegemony and coercion. Hegemony is the means by which rulers seek the conse...