Sovereignty

Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme authority over a geographic region, group of people or oneself. Sovereignty over a nation is generally vested in a government or other political agency, though there are cases where it is held by an individual. A monarch who rules a sovereign country can also be referred to as the sovereign of that country. The concept of sovereignty also pertains to a government possessing full control over its own affairs within a territorial or geographical area or limit.

See also

• colonization
• constitutive theory of statehood
• declarative theory of statehood
• globalization
• Montevideo Convention
• plenary authority
• state
• suzerainty
• Popular sovereignty
• Parliamentary sovereignty
• Sovereigntist