Brubaker discusses in more detail what a nation-state should be following the membership model. According to Brubaker, the ideal-typical model of membership has six main points: First, it must be egalitarian, meaning that everyone is equal and deserves equal opportunities. This can be an important factor in making a nation work, Daniel Béland (2003) explains that the French Revolution was brought about because absolutism was not working, this was the time when Louis XIV ruled France and had political power through the Church but was overthrown. by citizens in the name of equality. The second factor in Brubaker's ideal model is to view membership in a particular nation as sacred, nation states emerged as religion declined and secular authority was widely accepted. It can therefore be argued that belonging to a particular nation unites people today rather than religion. (Haralambos and Holborn 2013). Brubaker's third point regarding the ideal model is that membership in a state should be based on membership in a nation, like the French model; this means that the political community must be a cultural community because they are its representatives, acquired by birth and