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Obviously its not a real state because it doesn't have a `Monopoly on violence`.

• coldtea 10y ago
  Obviously, and non ironically, yes. Seeing that what makes a state a state, is the ability to keep others who want to run it/claim it for themselves, outside which takes (among other things) violence.
  • ommunist 10y ago
    Yeah! Basically these days you need a nuke and to demonstrate that you are ready to use it.
    • jandrese 10y ago
      Not necessarily a nuke, but you need an army or friends with armies otherwise someone else is going to march their army in and take your land.