Editing World government (section)

=== No world government ===
The world is divided geographically and demographically into mutually exclusive territories and political structures called [[Sovereign state|states]] which are [[Independence|independent]] and [[sovereignty|sovereign]] in most cases. There are numerous bodies, institutions, unions, coalitions, agreements and contracts between these units of [[authority]], but, except in cases where one nation is under [[military occupation]] by another, ''all'' such arrangements depend on the continued consent of the participant nations.{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}} Countries that violate or do not enforce international laws may be subject to penalty or coercion, often in the form of economic limitations such as [[embargo]]s by cooperating countries, even if the violating country is not part of the United Nations. In this way a country's cooperation in international affairs is voluntary, but non-cooperation still has [[diplomacy|diplomatic]] consequences.