The Institute of Medicine lays out the approximate amount of water traditionally thought necessary for males and females of varying age groups and lifestyles in liters per day. The IOM recommends males 19 to over 70 years of age consume 3.7 liters of water daily. Women in the same age group only require 2.7 liters.
The characteristics of a nation-state are listed below: 1. Defined Territory. 2. Self-Rule (Sovereignty). 3. Some form of organized government. 4. Population of people sharing a national identity/customs.
1 A state has to be recognized diplomatically by other states. 2  A nation is a group of people who share a set of characteristics. 3  At the core of the concept of a nation is the notion that people having commonalities owe their allegiance to the nation and to its legal representative, the state. In the case of the United States and Canada, the state and nation do not coincide, yet a common identity and nationality is forged over time, even in the absence of religious, ethnic, or cultural similarity. 2  In the United States, national values reflecting commonly held ideas are expressed in public rituals.