This oft-cited definition, however , is problematic for a number of reasons. In the section that follows I shall question the centrality it accords to force and correction. The first thing to note about it now is its simplicity. A human community is a state if and only if it successfully claims to possess two thing : a monopoly of force and the sole right to determine who may legitimately use force. Could an organized criminal organization or one of Nozick’s protective agencies be a state ? One might have thought something more would be required . States are rather large and complex sorts of thing, with legal systems, administrative agencies, and a number of other important features. In fact Weber himself, as one might expect , thought there was much more to the matter. Elsewhere he offered a much more complete characterization.