In chapter three the book address what a state is. Readers will learn about the many factors that contribute to how a state functions. Throughout chapter 3 the reader will learn about the modern state and how state capacity determines how states will achieve political goals. This is an important part of comparative politics that the reader must understand before reading further into the book. Without a strong foundation as to what a state is and how it functions a reader will not be able to understand modern politics. In chapter four the book will start to explain how politics and the economy work together and affect each other. Which then all relates back to how the state affects the economy. To efficiently comprehend what a state is the