When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Succession of states - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_of_states

    A universal state succession occurs when one state is completely extinguished and its sovereignty is replaced by that of one or more successor states. A partial state succession occurs when successor state(s) succeed only part of a state's land and sovereignty, which continues to exist where succession has not taken place. [3] An example of a ...

  3. Compact theory - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_theory

    Jay noted the language of the Preamble of the Constitution, which states that the Constitution was ordained and established by "We the people," and he stated: "Here we see the people acting as sovereigns of the whole country, and, in the language of sovereignty, establishing a Constitution by which it was their will that the State governments ...

  4. Succession - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession

    Succession of states, in international relations, is the process of recognition and acceptance of a newly created state by other states, based on a perceived historical relationship the new state has with a prior state; Succession planning, in organizations, identifying and developing individuals to succeed to senior positions in government ...

  5. State shapes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_shapes

    A compact state has a minimum frontier to defend, and generally roads and railways are relatively simple to provide. [6] An elongated or attenuated state is much longer in one direction than the other. [2] Norway and Chile are examples of elongated states. [1] Defense and transportation can be more difficult in an elongated state. [6]

  6. List of predecessors of sovereign states in Europe - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_predecessors_of...

    This is a list of all present sovereign states in Europe and their predecessors, [1] [2] [3] according to the concept of succession of states. The political borders of Europe are difficult to define. The geographical borders between Europe and Asia are generally agreed to be the Caucasus Mountains, the Ural Mountains, the Bosphorus and the ...

  7. California is home to multiple secession movements, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants you to know that as president he wouldn’t let the Golden State strike out on its own.

  8. Rural counties in California, Illinois push to secede from ...

    www.aol.com/rural-counties-california-illinois...

    A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of the Nov. 5 election.

  9. Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gubernatorial_lines_of...

    The following is the planned order of succession for the governorships of the 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and the five organized territories of the United States, according to the constitutions (and supplemental laws, if any) of each. [1] Some states make a distinction whether the succeeding individual is acting as governor or becomes ...