The physical country is what you likely think of as a country: the land, the people, languages, cultures, philosophies. I, and those like me, are reflections of that. For example, age will reflect how advanced our country is, if it is in it's developing stages, prime, or decline. As long as a country exists, so will the corresponding nation like myself and visa versa.

[His smile quirks slightly.]

That's the theory anyways. We haven't always understood ourselves in this fashion, nor is there a uniform consensus on how we work.