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the polite fiction that someone, somewhere, gets the final say.
westphalia mythThe 1648 treaties barely mention the concept historians credit them with
sea-steadersSealand, a WWII fort, declared itself a nation in 1967
borrowed powerIn monarchies, sovereignty officially belongs to a crown, not a person
divisibleFederations split it between layers, proving it was never whole
recognition gameA state is sovereign only when enough others agree it is