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The whole point of using the "nation-state" term is to discuss something so difficult that even large companies or organized crime couldn't do it.

There are plenty of non-state organizations for whom $110,000 is barely even pocket change.

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Why do people always say 'nation-state' specifically in these cases, as well? Some of the richest states in the world aren't nation-states, like the UK.

I imagine because what they actually mean (state) gets ambiguous and confusing because of the united states, which are not really states in the same sense.

Can you clarify? I thought "nation state" was a fancy way of saying "country". Does it have a more specific meaning?

Edit: wikipedia to the rescue! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_state#United_Kingdom

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