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Countries resemble organisms, and they can fall ill from time to

time. Today there are countries in which legal and social order have
partially or completely collapsed due to civil wars, poverty, natural
disasters and epidemics. Although these countries lost their health,
they continue to be present on the world map. In the international rela-
tions, such countries are called 'failed or collapsed countries'.
One of the most prominent qualities of failed states is the existence
of civil wars. And the most distinctive feature of collapsed states is that
they cannot control their borders, unlike strong countries, and they
become vulnerable to the intervention of other countries. Another sign

of failure is the increase in the rate of crimes, and the failure to ensure
the safety and security of the citizens. Failed states offer economic
opportunities that are accessible only by a very few and as the admin-
istrators and their close circles swiftly get richer, the rest of the nation
lives in poverty.

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