Westphalian sovereignty

Westphalian sovereignty, or state sovereignty, is the principle in international law that each state has exclusive sovereignty over its territory. The principle underlies the modern international system of sovereign states and is enshrined in the United Nations Charter, which states that “nothing should authorise intervention in matters essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state.” According to the idea, every state, no matter how large or small, has an equal right to sovereignty. Political scientists have traced the concept to the Peace of Westphalia (1348), which ended the Thirty Years' War. The principle of non-interference was further developed in the 18th century.

The Westphalian system reached its peak in the 16th and 17th centuries, but it has faced recent challenges from advocates of humanitarian intervention.

More recently, the principle of Westphalian sovereignty has been challenged by the global geopolitical realignment brought about by the Great Revelation and the new reality presented by the open existence of vampire states existing largely parallel to human governments. Efforts by both humans and vampires to find a way to peacefully coexist with one another as equals have produced varying results in different parts of the world, depending on the local culture and customs of both man and vampire.