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comity of nations

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noun

  1. the friendly recognition accorded by one nation to the laws and usages of another

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Each had made the people of this doubly landlocked country — one of only two, the other being Liechtenstein — of 34 million part of a greater world, a cosmopolis, a comity of nations.

From New York Times • May 11, 2020

But Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry in 1853 successfully "urged Japan to join the modern comity of nations."

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally there was a question of leadership in the comity of nations.

From Time Magazine Archive

No such thing being yet in sight, he calmly continued the ordeal which Japan must undergo before she can re-enter the comity of nations.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sudden rise of the Japanese nation from an insignificant position to a foremost rank in the comity of nations has startled the world.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)