> You could probably be stateless if you absolutely wanted In many cases that isn't true anymore, since modern law generally disfavors statelessness. In many c

> You could probably be stateless if you absolutely wanted In many cases that isn't true anymore, since modern law generally disfavors statelessness. In many countries, you can't renounce your citizenship unless you have another citizenship. Alternatively, they may accept the renunciation but with legal effect conditional on receipt of a replacement citizenship. Countries who've ratified the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness agree to that explicitly: Laws for the renunciation of a nationality shall be conditional upon a person's acquisition or possession of another nationality. (Exceptions: not to frustrate freedom of movement of nationals within a country, not to frustrate return of nationals to their country, not to frustrate a person's ability to seek asylum.)