MDMAlliance on 29 April 2014
States right now are an arbitrary thing to begin with. Not everyone agrees what defines one as a state. This is a question that has multiple parts to it because it also brings up "justification" which is a question for philosophers, but defining states is something for politicians.
I am taught that for one to be considered a state, you need to have sovereignty over a piece of territory, have a monopoly on force (violence), and I believe the last one was that other states have to recognize these things and consider them to be a state as well.
I would rather not answer the question because it's not really an intellectual one and more of one about your own personal morals and biases.
