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[quote=JCNILE123,253675]__Definitions

The term "First World" refers to so called developed, capitalist, industrial countries,
roughly, a bloc of countries aligned with the United States after word war II, with more or
less common political and economic interests: North America, Western Europe, Japan and Australia.

"Second World" refers to the former communist-socialist, industrial states,
(formerly the Eastern bloc, the territory and sphere of influence of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic)
today: Russia, Eastern Europe (e.g., Poland) and some of the Turk States (e.g., Kazakhstan)
as well as China.

"Third World" are all the other countries, today often used to roughly describe the developing countries
of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The term Third World includes as well capitalist (e.g., Venezuela) and communist 
(e.g., North Korea) countries as very rich (e.g., Saudi Arabia) and very poor (e.g., Mali) countries.

The term "Fourth World" first came into use in 1974 with the publication of Shuswap Chief
George Manuel's:
The term refers to nations (cultural entities, ethnic groups) of indigenous peoples living within
or across state boundaries (nation states).
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