Imperialism

Imperialism is a policy of extending control or authority over foreign entities as a means of acquisition and/or maintenance of empires, either through direct territorial conquest or through indirect methods of exerting control on the politics and/or economy of other countries.

Name dualism

One thing to note in some allegedly imperialistic countries is the "melting" bettween the name -- and in many times, the sense of national identity -- of the titular nation and the other territories controlled by this nation including the titular nation itself. Some examples are:

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• Ottoman Empire / Turkey
• British Empire / England
• German Empire / Prussia
• Soviet Union / Russia
• Yugoslavia / Serbia