Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council
The meanings of ‘integrated’ and ‘interoperable’ largely overlap, but it is important to capture both shades of meaning. ‘Integrated’ describes a state in which AFIC member nations' forces operate as a seamless unit. ‘Interoperable’ reflects AFIC’s primary focus; a state in which forces and equipment can operate together to accomplish the mission.