In a national world order, the inhabitants determine the goals of a state - and not the other way round. These goals are the collective goals of the nation or people, primarily its continued existence. In effect, therefore, the goal of nation states is to project a segment of the past into the future. Nation states are past-oriented, in contrast to possible utopian states, oriented to a future goal. - Nation Planet

Nationalism remains one of the least understood political systems on earth. As the system that historically succeeded it, the nation-state, shows its longterm instability as evidenced by global climate change, pollution, continuing war, lack of culture and internal decay, more people are exploring other forms of government including nationalism. This website is a non-biased resource for the study of nationalism and the reasons people elect to reject "modern society" (liberal democracy, the political/economic nation-state, capitalism, multiculturalism) and select a type of government that according to its adherents has been appropriate in every age and forever will be.

Nationalism was the most successful political force of the 19th century. It emerged from two main sources: the Romantic exaltation of "feeling" and "identity" and the Liberal requirement that a legitimate state be based on a "people" rather than, for example, a dynasty, God, or imperial domination. Both Romantic "identity nationalism" and Liberal "civic nationalism" were essentially middle class movements. - Modern History Sourcebook