【单选题】

The author mentions all of the following as examples of complications arising from the application of spatial markers EXCEPT
A．(A) An area of a country smaller than the nation considers itself to be a nation.

B．(B) A boundary is demarcated around a nation which does not include the people of the nation.
C．(C) A continent is divided into two areas for implicit ideological purposes.
D．(D) Two nations dispute the exact geography of a border based on an ancient historical claim.
E．(E) The history of a nation is erroneously conflated with the character of one particular region.