One step on from clan 08:32 Jun 13, 2014
You provide excellent support for tribe, i.e. "a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states."
IMO, this would be a further stage in the development of a nation from clan structures. (BTW, it's Land S mannschaft).
BTW: if you are familiar with the Netherlands and Germany, the Frisians are an ideal example of a Landsmannschaft as a community or ethnic group that still remains relatively coherent and is represented in both countries. They elected "Häuptlinge" as "rulers/representatives" of the "Landesgemeinden" who gathered under the "Upstalsboom/Opstalboom" to speak law and mediate in conflicts. |