"국가"

Translation: Nation

[MatthewEpp5]

Also, 국가 （國家），is the Sino-Korean word, whereas 나라 is the native Korean word.

[CF00l]

國家

[honeyrbw]

I wrote "national anthem(國歌)" and it was accepted.

[Staszek456]

Nice. For everyone who doesn't know, 국가 means both "nation" and "national anthem". The ethymology (hantcha) is different, but pronunciation is by coincidence the same

[Le_choc]

Difference between 나라 and 국가?

[wintertriangles]

The same difference between country and nation

[SeanFogart4]

To split hairs, it's more the difference between land and nation with 국 meaning country. Land is more the native word in English. (Well, Germanic term -- Briton aboriginals likely used a word like ti/r related to territory, Norman nobility country . . .)

[ThomasWelc4]

Is there a country that is not a nation?

[Jeong-JinL]

From my research, Afghanistan is an example. It amounts to a country that doesn't represent a particular people, among other qualities: boundaries that are arbitrarily drawn, with no historical context and with no real common bond among the people.
https://www.quora.com/What-countries-would-not-be-considered-nation-states
You can Google: nationless state
This also turns up Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and Malta.

[Staszek456]

Since when people of Malta are not a nation? They have their unique language, culture and the island itself has its history...