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National epic
A national epic is a literary work, which may be an epic poem or any other piece, that readers and critics regard as representative of a nation's literature.
National equestrian team squads at the Summer Olympic Games
National equestrian team squads at the Summer Olympic Games are the rider-and-horse combinations each National Olympic Committee enters in dressage, jumping, and eventing, capped at three athletes per nation.
National Equities Exchange and Quotations
The National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ, 全国中小企业股份转让系统), known as China's "New Third Board," is a CSRC-supervised national trading venue serving small and medium-sized enterprises.
National esports federations
National esports federations are country-level governing bodies for competitive video gaming that field national teams, license players, and represent countries in bodies like the IESF.
National Express
National Express, also known as National Express Coaches, is the United Kingdom's largest scheduled long-distance coach operator, running 1,800 daily services to over 540 locations across Britain and Ireland.
National Fascist Party
National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF), Italian party founded by Mussolini 8 November 1921 in Rome; governed Italy 1922–1943, dissolved by Badoglio decree 27 July 1943, succeeded by the Republican Fascist Party.
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius
NFIB v. Sebelius, 567 U.S. 519 (2012): Supreme Court case upholding the Affordable Care Act individual mandate under the Taxing Clause, rejecting Commerce Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause justifications, and making the Medicaid expansion optional.
National FFA Organization
The National FFA Organization, formerly Future Farmers of America (founded 1928, Kansas City), is a federally chartered school-based youth organization for agricultural education, with over 1 million student members and a 1988 name change.
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), Australia's national audiovisual archive and statutory authority under the 2008 NFSA Act, based in Canberra. Founded 1935, independent 1984, briefly ScreenSound Australia; holds about 3.3 million items and runs the AVA mass digitisation program.
National Film Archive
National film archive: state institution collecting, preserving, restoring, and giving access to a nation's film heritage. Examples include NFAJ (90,875 film elements), NFAP, NFAI, BFI National Archive, and NFSA; governed by deposit agreements, FIAF ethics, and UNESCO 2015 guidelines.
National Film Award for Best Costume Design
National Film Award for Best Costume Design: annual Indian feature-film costume award with a Rajat Kamal medal and cash prize; latest winners Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma for Pushpa 2: The Rule (72nd edition, 2024 films).
National Film Award for Best Feature Film
National Film Award for Best Feature Film, or President's Gold Medal: India's top cinema honor since 1954, Swarna Kamal trophy plus Rs 3,00,000 to producer and director; Bengali films lead with 23 wins.
National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer
National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer: annual Government of India feature-film award honoring a female playback singer, carrying a Rajat Kamal and Rs 2,00,000; 70th edition won by Bombay Jayashri.
National Film Award for Best Music Direction (music)
The National Film Award for Best Music Direction is an Indian state honor for film composers, awarded since 1954 and now split into songs and background music.
National Film Awards (राष्ट्रीय फ़िल्म पुरस्कार)
National Film Awards (राष्ट्रीय फ़िल्म पुरस्कार), India's government film honors since 1954, presented by the President, jury-selected across all official languages, with the Dadasaheb Phalke lifetime award.
National Film Board of Canada
National Film Board of Canada (NFB, Office national du film du Canada): Canada's federal public film producer and distributor, founded 1939, making documentaries, animation, and interactive works, with six production units and a 14,000-title collection.
National Film Development Corporation of India
National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), set up 1975 under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; merged FFC and IMPEC in 1980; funded 300+ films in 21+ languages; absorbed Films Division, DFF, NFAI, CFSI in 2023; runs Film Bazaar and IFFI.
National Film Registry
The National Film Registry is a Library of Congress list of American films deemed culturally, historically or aesthetically significant; 25 titles are added yearly under the 1988 National Film Preservation Act, reaching 925 films as of 2026.
National Financial Regulatory Administration
The National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA, 国家金融监督管理总局) is China's ministerial-level regulator for all finance except securities, established in May 2023 on the basis of the abolished China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission.
National Fire Protection Association
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is an international nonprofit, founded in 1896 and headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts, that publishes more than 300 fire and electrical safety codes and standards.
National Firearms Act
National Firearms Act (NFA), 1934 United States federal law imposing registration and taxes on machine guns, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, silencers, and other weapons; upheld in Sonzinsky and Miller; $200 tax eliminated effective January 1, 2026 by P.L. 119-21.
National First Division
National First Division (NFD), now the Motsepe Foundation Championship, South Africa's second-tier professional football league founded 1996, run by the PSL with 16 clubs; winner promoted, bottom two relegated to SAFA leagues.
National flag
National flag: the principal emblem of a state, one for each of the 195 UN-recognized nations. Also called country flag; studied by vexillology; best practice set by NAVA and Flag Institute guidelines.
National Flood Insurance Program
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a FEMA-administered federal program, created by Congress in 1968, that provides flood insurance to property owners in participating communities.
National Food Security Act, 2013
National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA), India's Right to Food Act: 2013 law entitling 67% of Indians (75% rural, 50% urban) to 5 kg monthly subsidized foodgrains at Rs 1/2/3 per kg, plus child nutrition and maternity benefits.
National Football Conference
National Football Conference (NFC): one of the NFL's two conferences, formed in the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. 16 teams in East, North, South, West divisions; seven make the playoffs; its champion wins the George Halas trophy and plays in the Super Bowl.
National Football League
National Football League (NFL), 32-team American professional football league founded 1920 as the APFA in Canton, Ohio; merged with the AFL in 1966-1970; Super Bowl champion; 17-game season, record nine international games in 2026.
National Football League (Ireland)
National Football League (Ireland) covers the GAA's inter-county Gaelic football league (founded 1925-26, divisions, Sam Maguire qualification) and the FAI National League, the 15-club amateur soccer third tier launched in 2026.
National football team results by decade
A national football team results by decade article presents a national team's international match record in ten-year blocks, with summary statistics for wins, draws, losses, and goals in each period.
National Fraternal Order of Police
National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), founded May 14, 1915 in Pittsburgh by Martin Toole and Delbert Nagle, is the largest U.S. organization of sworn law enforcement officers, with 377,000+ members in 2,200+ lodges, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.