A sovereign creates order with authority and coercion
I understand. I meant it in the senses "self-governed" "true to itself" and ideas like that. We have governance, we have ways of organising, we offer services (and I guess sometimes goods), at any rate, we exchange various things. We have our own culture and ways of doing things, not all of which are written into the code.
I was more challenging Mr Noel's definition of authority, state, those kinds of ideas and concepts.
I have to investigate Rousseauism now hehe.