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Region

A spatially bounded area within which human interactions occur with relatively higher internal density than external interaction.

Social Typology

A typology that characterizes societies by their structure & organization (justice, political, division of labor).

In modern times; the territory constraint is not necessary for interaction; so the territorial constraint; can be drop out of the definition.

Level Type of Society Main Features
Co-distructive (Disfuctional Human Groups) Uncivilized Lawless, Uncontrolled, Disorderly, Chaotic, Unorganized, Rogue, Dysfunctional.
Co-presence Aggregation Collection of Humans in a Given Territory; A horde or aggregation is even less organized — basically co-presence without strong internal order.
Small-Scale Societies Band Small (20–100 people), kin-based, egalitarian, nomadic foragers.
Tribe Hundreds to a few thousand people, organized by kinship (clans, lineages), horticulture or pastoralism, some informal leadership.
Medium-Scale Societies Chiefdom Thousands to tens of thousands, ranked kin groups, centralized leadership (chief), redistribution economy, often agricultural.
Large-Scale Societies State Complex bureaucracy, class stratification, formal laws, monopoly of force (police, army), intensive agriculture or industry.
Post-Industrial Societies Nation-State / Modern State Millions of people, capitalism or socialism, nationalism as ideological glue, mass media, large-scale economies and governance.

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