<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">independent political entities</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31338973</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:31:25</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">PCLI</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">independent political entity</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">political entities, independent</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Political entities of any size that are not independent upon another country or power, and that may exercise the full range of power over external affairs that an independent state possesses as defined under International Law. ]]></dc:description></metadata>