2022 WAEC Government Theory Identify five differences between the state as an entity and government as an institution.

Identify five differences between the state as an entity and government as an institution.

State	Government
1. A state has a permanent status	- Government on the other hand is transient. It comes and goes
2. It is a territorial association of people with defined boundaries	- lt is an administrative institution of the state
3. Membership of a state is compulsory	- Membership of a government is optional
4. A state is an abstract concept	- Government and its officials are tangible
5. A state is a larger entity	- Government is relatively a smaller institution within the state
6. A state depends on the government to carry out its activities	- Government is the machinery through which the functions of the state are performed
7. The state is sovereign	- Government is not sovereign
8. Every state possesses a legal status/constitution	- Whereas government in power enforces the constitution
9. States are identical in their features from state	- Governments differ to state
10. A state is a fixed entity	- Whereas government and its officials are not fixed
11. The emergence of the state has different theories	- While emergence of government has one central justification