A perforated state is a state that .
serves as a buffer between two much larger states
stretches a long way in one direction, but a comparably short way in the other direction
is completely surrounded by another state
completely surrounds another state
is small and highly centralized
If the political barrier between two states is the 50th parallel on the lines of latitude, then the boundary between those two states is known as a(n) .
buffer state
arithmetic frontier
intermediate boundary
geometric boundary
physical boundary
