| <bloc> | (bloc) a geo-political unit containing one or more nation states. | 
| Attributes: |  | 
| Example | <bloc type='economic union'>the European Union</bloc>
<bloc type='continent'>Africa</bloc> | 
| Note |  | 
| Tagset | additional tag set for | 
| Class | placePart [and indirectly also:] 
names | 
| Filename | teind2 | 
| Parents | placeName | 
| Children | #PCDATA abbr add address app att c caesura cl corr damage 
date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula fw 
geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num 
oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg 
restore rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied tag term time timeRange 
timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref | 
| Declaration | <!ELEMENT bloc          - -  (%phrase.seq)                      >
<!ATTLIST bloc               %a.global
                             %a.placePart                       > | 
| See | 20.2 |