State (Polity)

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A State (Polity), also known as a Sovereign State, is a sovereign political entity that exercises supreme authority over a defined territory and population, characterized by a monopoly on the legitimate use of force, a government apparatus, international recognition, a national economy, and often a sense of collective identity.



References

2024

  • Claude 3 Opus
    • This table provides a detailed breakdown of state sovereignty scores across multiple dimensions for 25 different states from various historical periods. The "OVERALL SCORE" column represents the aggregated sovereignty score based on the individual dimension scores. The "Stability" column indicates whether the state's sovereignty is stable or in transition at the given point in time.
State Year OVERALL
SCORE
Stability Domestic
Sovereignty
Interdependence
Sovereignty
International
Legal Sovereignty
Westphalian
Sovereignty
Technological
Sovereignty
Economic
Sovereignty
Cultural
Sovereignty
Resource
Sovereignty
Aspirational
Sovereignty
United States 1776 LOW In Transition Low Low Low Low Low Low Medium Medium High
United States 1900 MIXED Stable High Medium High High Medium High High High Low
United States 2023 HIGH Stable High High High High High High High High Low
Canada 1867 MIXED In Transition Medium Medium Medium Medium Low Medium Medium Medium Medium
Canada 1950 HIGH Stable High High High High Medium High High High Low
Canada 2023 HIGH Stable High High High High High High High Medium Low
Venezuela 1811 LOW In Transition Low Low Low Low Low Low Medium Medium High
Venezuela 1950 MIXED Stable Medium Medium Medium Medium Low Medium Medium High Low
Venezuela 2023 LOW In Transition Low Low Low Low Low Low Medium High Medium
Germany 1871 MIXED In Transition Medium Medium Medium Medium Low Medium High Medium High
Germany 1950 LOW In Transition Medium Low Low Low Low Low Medium Low High
Germany 2023 HIGH Stable High High High High High High High Medium Low
Jewish State 1897 LOW In Transition Low Low Low Low Low Low Medium Low High
Jewish State 1948 MIXED In Transition Medium Medium Medium Medium Low Medium High Low Medium
Jewish State 2023 HIGH Stable High High High High High High High Medium Low
China 2023 HIGH Stable High Medium Medium High High Medium High Medium Low
Russia 2023 MIXED In Transition Medium Low Low Medium Medium Medium Medium High Medium
Somalia 2023 LOW In Transition Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Medium
Japan 2023 HIGH Stable High High High High High High High Low Low
Taiwan 2023 MIXED Stable High High Low Medium High High High Low Medium
United Kingdom 1900 HIGH Stable High High High High Low High High High Low
India 1947 MIXED In Transition Medium Medium Medium Medium Low Low High Medium High
South Sudan 2011 LOW In Transition Low Low Medium Low Low Low Low Medium High
Ukraine 2014 MIXED In Transition Medium Medium High Low Medium Medium Medium Medium High
Estonia 1991 MIXED In Transition Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Low High
Brazil 2023 HIGH Stable High High High High Medium Medium High High Low
Syria 2023 LOW In Transition Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Medium Medium
Australia 2023 HIGH Stable High High High High High High High High Low
North Korea 2023 MIXED Stable High Low Low High Low Low High Medium Medium
Roman Empire 117 AD HIGH Stable High High High High Low High High High Low
Mongol Empire 1279 AD HIGH In Transition High Medium Medium High Low Medium Low Medium Medium
Tokugawa Shogunate 1603 AD HIGH Stable High Low Low High Low Medium High Low Low
Mayan Civilization 600 AD MIXED In Transition High Low Low Medium Low Low High Medium Medium
Hanseatic League 1400 AD MIXED Stable Low High Medium Low Low High Medium Low Medium
Inca Empire 1500 AD HIGH Stable High Low Low High Low Medium High Medium Low
Kievan Rus 1000 AD MIXED In Transition Medium Low Low Medium Low Low Medium Medium Medium
Carthage 300 BC HIGH In Transition High High Medium High Low High Medium Low Medium
Majapahit Empire 1350 AD HIGH In Transition High Medium Low High Low Medium High Medium Medium
Ancient Egypt 1400 BC HIGH Stable High Low Low High Low Medium High High Low

2013

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_state
    • A sovereign state is a nonphysical juridical entity of the international legal system that is represented by a centralized government that has supreme independent authority over a geographic area.[1] It has a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states.[2] It is also normally understood to be a state which is neither dependent on nor subject to any other power or state.[3] The existence or disappearance of a state is a question of fact.[4] While according to the declaratory theory of state recognition a sovereign state can exist without being recognised by other sovereign states, unrecognised states will often find it hard to exercise full treaty-making powers and engage in diplomatic relations with other sovereign states.

      The word “country” is often colloquially used to refer to sovereign states, although it originally means only a geographic region, and subsequently its meaning became extended to the sovereign polity which controls the geographic region. Wales, England, and Scotland are excellent examples of "countries" which are not states, since the state is the United Kingdom.

  1. "The powers of external sovereignty on the part of the State do not depend on the affirmative grant of this in the Constitution. ... The State would not be completely sovereign if it did not have in common with other members of the family of nations the right and power in the field of international relations equal to the right and power of other states. These powers of the State include the power to declare war or to participate in a war, to conclude peace, to make treaties, and maintain diplomatic relations with other states." — Template:Cite BAILII
  2. See the following:
    • Shaw, Malcolm Nathan (2003). International law. Cambridge University Press. p. 178. "Article 1 of the Montevideo Convention on Rights and Duties of States, 1933 lays down the most widely accepted formulation of the criteria of statehood in international law. It note that the state as an international person should possess the following qualifications: '(a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with other states'" 
    • Jasentuliyana, Nandasiri, ed. (1995). Perspectives on international law. Kluwer Law International. p. 20. "So far as States are concerned, the traditional definitions provided for in the Montevideo Convention remain generally accepted." 
  3. See the following:
    • Wheaton, Henry (1836). Elements of international law: with a sketch of the history of the science. Carey, Lea & Blanchard. p. 51. "A sovereign state is generally defined to be any nation or people, whatever may be the form of its internal constitution, which governs itself independently of foreign powers." 
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  4. Lalonde, Suzanne (2002). "Notes to pages". Determining boundaries in a conflicted world: the role of uti possidetis. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-7735-2424-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=x7qEqVpq9poC.