It is not "Earth"'s obligation to have mechanisms to support abstract human societal concepts like governments, countries and secession from them. Geopolitics,

It is not "Earth"'s obligation to have mechanisms to support abstract human societal concepts like governments, countries and secession from them. Geopolitics, country-scale policies, are a very different ballpark than civil politics, which deal with individual rights and freedoms. Just as civil politics require an individual's rights to be justified with respect to the rights of those around them, policies on an international level are tuned to work with the policies of surrounding nations. If the surrounding nations don't want you to exist, then you won't exist -- you have no obligation to have a country which represents your people. If you want one, you will have to fight to get and retain it's independence, and find ways to work with other countries on the international level to secure your legitimacy. >What if 90% of the population desires to secede? Doesn't matter. The only factor is whether or not the surrounding nations will allow your country to exist. >Should there be a peaceful way that we encourage as an alternative to escalation & violent revolt? No, because if there was, we wouldn't have a need for countries or borders. Countries generally exist because they represent a certain population. By fracturing a country, you are choosing to support one culture/population at the expense of another. This is an inherently violent act. >Should this become some sort of right? No population has a right to a country that represents them or their culture. Note that none of these reflect my own belief or viewpoint on what the ideal situation would be, I'm just stating this is how the world works and having it suddenly upend itself so that we can all live peacefully and happy-ever-after is not a realistic outcome in the near future.