Therefore borderland (especially impassable terrain) attracted many outlaws, as they often found sympathizers. During the medieval period the government's control frequently diminished the further people got from the capital. In the pre-modern world, the term border was vague and could refer to either side of the boundary, thus it was necessary to specify part of it with borderline or borderland. While border refers to the boundary itself, the area around the border is called the frontier. View from North Korea.īuffer zones may be set up on borders between belligerent entities to lower the risk of escalation. North Korean policemen standing guard at the North Korea-South Korea border. South Korean policemen standing guard at the North Korea-South Korea border. Most external political borders are partially or fully controlled, and may be crossed legally only at designated border checkpoints adjacent border zones may also be controlled. Some borders-such as most states' internal administrative borders, or inter-state borders within the Schengen Area-are open and completely unguarded.
Political borders can be established through warfare, colonization, or mutual agreements between the political entities that reside in those areas the creation of these agreements is called boundary delimitation. For other uses, see County Line (disambiguation).īorders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities.
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