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a membership card the universe never asked your permission to issue at random.
means The legal status of being a recognized member of a particular nation or community, carrying both rights and obligations.
from From Anglo-French 'citezein' (city-dweller), built on Latin 'civitas' — the body of citizens, the city-state itself, the root that also gives us 'civic' and 'civil.' The '-ship' tacked on the end is the same Old English '-scipe' that turns 'friend' into 'friendship,' meaning a state or condition of being. So the word literally bundles 'one who belongs to the city' with 'the condition of belonging' — citizenship as a settled state of membership.
- birth lottery
- Where you're born decides most of your life odds
- oldest citizens
- San Marino has claimed citizens since 301 AD
- price tag
- Several nations sell passports for cash investment
- stateless millions
- Over ten million people belong to no country
- renounce fee
- Quitting US citizenship costs about 2,350 dollars
united states naturalization — approximately 880,000 people became us citizens in 2022 through the naturalization process
ireland citizenship by descent — over 70 million people worldwide are eligible for irish citizenship through grandparents or great-grandparents born on the island