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the polite fiction that someone, somewhere, gets the final say.
means The supreme authority of a state or ruler to govern itself without outside interference, holding the final word over its own territory and people.
from From Old French 'soverainete,' built on 'soverain' — the one who sits above all others. That word traces back to Vulgar Latin 'superanus,' from Latin 'super,' meaning 'over' or 'above.' The modern English spelling, with its sneaky 'g,' is a later flourish: it was wrongly nudged toward 'reign' (from Latin 'regnum,' kingdom), as if the word had always been about ruling. It hadn't — the 'g' is a spelling-day intruder, a clerk's flattering misassociation that stuck.
- westphalia myth
- The 1648 treaties barely mention the concept historians credit them with
- sea-steaders
- Sealand, a WWII fort, declared itself a nation in 1967
- borrowed power
- In monarchies, sovereignty officially belongs to a crown, not a person
- divisible
- Federations split it between layers, proving it was never whole
- recognition game
- A state is sovereign only when enough others agree it is
united states constitution — established national sovereignty in 1787, ratified by 13 states to form a federal union
act of union 1707 — created the kingdom of great britain by uniting england and scotland as one sovereign state
treaty of westphalia 1648 — established the principle of state sovereignty in international law, ending the thirty years' war