# Cultural Unity Summary::Conflating cultural unity with state culture is a philosophical error. A nation can have cultural unity aside from the state. # References > Statehood is the affirmation of cultural unity.... An official language is an essential constituent of state culture.... Statehood is based on unity of authority, the official language being an instrument of that unity. The official language possesses the same compulsory and universally coercive power as all other forms of statehood.... Vladimir Lenin