Original sentence: To Irish nationalists, the RUC was seen as the law and order arm of a state which lacked legitimacy and to which they refused to give their allegiance.To unionists, the majority community, the police were seen as the defenders of the Northern Ireland state, which was controlled by them
Edited sentence: To Irish nationalists, the RUC was seen as the law and order arm of a statelet which lacked legitimacy and to which they refused to give their allegiance.To unionists, the majority community, the police were seen as the defenders of the Northern Ireland statelet, which was controlled by them