Quote Originally Posted by Bigjon View Post
It is not a State, it is a territory, until it has the required population to be made a State
If you must go there then this is what a territory is

this word (Territorie) is most properly a circuit of ground, containing a libertie within it selfe, wherein divers men have land within it, and yet the same Territorie it selfe doth lie open and not inclosed, although perhaps there may be divers inclosures within it, for this worde Territorie, as I take it, is derived from the Latin word Territorium, which is a Territorie, or all the fields and contrey lying within the bounds and libertie of a Citie, which doth extend farre without the walles of the Citie round about, by certain meetes and boundaries, without any other inclosure belonging to the same: And, because a Forrest doth likewise lie open and not inclosed, having onely but meetes and boundaries to know the Ring and uttermost Skirtes of the forrest by, therefore this word Territorie, is used as a meete word for that purpose. The French man doth use this word Territorie in the same sense, for he doth say le Territoire d’vneville, which is, the territorie or whole circuit of land, belonging to a towne or Citie.
Note that "divers men have land within it" however what they "have" is not part of the territory.

Are you a divers man?