City State (Rise of the Statelets)

A city state is a state the area of which is effectively confined to a city and its immediate hinterland. More common in the past (eg Ancient Greece, some components of the Holy Roman Empire and the Hanse Towns).

Modern examples in OTL are limited - the Vatican City and Singapore are the most noted. Some of the duty free areas and development zones have characteristics of city states.

In the Statelets timeline there are more City States and similar entities than in OTL.