While a is an imaged community of people who believe themselves to share common cultural characteristics, a is a politically organized territory with an independent government. a) town; province b) province; town c) nation; state d) state; nation

I pretty sure its C.)

It is C because a nation is a group of culturally similar people, for example, the Greeks, who all followed the same religion. For states, think of the United States of America. The states are separate areas within the country and each can have slightly different laws while following the outline made by Congress.