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  2. Sovereignty - Wikipedia

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    Another example of shared and pooled sovereignty is the Acts of Union 1707 which created the unitary state now known as the United Kingdom. [64] [65] [66] It was a full economic union, meaning the Scottish and English systems of currency, taxation and laws regulating trade were aligned. [67]

  3. Sovereign state - Wikipedia

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    Westphalian sovereignty is the concept of nation-state sovereignty based on territoriality and the absence of a role for external agents in domestic structures. It is an international system of states, multinational corporations , and organizations that began with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.

  4. List of sovereign states - Wikipedia

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    The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...

  5. List of sovereign states in the 2020s - Wikipedia

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    It contains 210 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes 195 widely recognized sovereign states, two associated states, and 13 entities which claim an effective sovereignty but are considered de jure constituents of other powers by the general international community.

  6. List of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent

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    Additionally, the Federal government of the United States has sovereignty over 13 unincorporated territories. Of these territories, the following five are inhabited possessions: American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands; It also has sovereignty over several uninhabited territories: Baker Island; Howland Island

  7. Popular sovereignty in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Popular sovereignty is the principle that the leaders of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political legitimacy. Citizens may unite and offer to delegate a portion of their sovereign powers and duties to those who wish to serve as officers of the state, contingent on the ...

  8. Opinion: How Mexico can strike back if Trump follows through ...

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    For example, toward the end of Trump’s first term, a Mexican general was arrested in the U.S. on drug charges. After a diplomatic uproar, he was returned to Mexico and released.

  9. List of territorial disputes - Wikipedia

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    The sovereignty of Taiwan has remained in question to this day. See also the Political status of Taiwan. Trans-Karakoram Tract, including Shaksgam Valley China [note 1] Republic of China [note 1] India: Pakistan was originally a party to the dispute but relinquished its claim and accepted Chinese sovereignty over the area in 1963.