"independent mini-nation" meaning in English

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        "3": "ミニ独立国",
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  "etymology_text": "Calque of Japanese ミニ独立国 (mini dokuritsu koku, “mini-independent country”).\nTransposed from alternative form mini-independent country to add emphasis on \"mini-nation\".",
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          "ref": "1998, Stephen Vlastos, Mirror of Modernity: Invented Traditions of Modern Japan, University of California Press, page 121",
          "text": "These republics are among the \"independent mini-nations\" (mini dokuritsu koku) that have been founded throughout Japan since the late 1970s for a variety of overlapping objectives, including attracting tourists both to increase revenues and to counter the adverse effects of the out-migration of young adults.",
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  "word": "independent mini-nation"
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  "etymology_text": "Calque of Japanese ミニ独立国 (mini dokuritsu koku, “mini-independent country”).\nTransposed from alternative form mini-independent country to add emphasis on \"mini-nation\".",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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