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134:5.11 As the [[number]] of truly [[sovereign]] nations (great powers) decreases, so do both [[opportunity]] and need for [[mankind]] [[government]] increase. When there are only a few really [[sovereign]] (great) powers, either they must embark on the life and [[death]] [[struggle]] for national ([[imperial]]) [[supremacy]], or else, by [[voluntary]] [[surrender]] of certain [[prerogatives]] of [[sovereignty]], they must create the [[essential]] [[nucleus]] of supernational power which will serve as the beginning of the real [[sovereignty]] of all [[mankind]].

134:5.11 As the [[number]] of truly [[sovereign]] nations (great powers) decreases, so do both [[opportunity]] and need for [[mankind]] [[government]] increase. When there are only a few really [[sovereign]] (great) powers, either they must embark on the life and [[death]] [[struggle]] for national ([[imperial]]) [[supremacy]], or else, by [[voluntary]] [[surrender]] of certain [[prerogatives]] of [[sovereignty]], they must create the [[essential]] [[nucleus]] of supernational power which will serve as the beginning of the real [[sovereignty]] of all [[mankind]].

134:5.12 [[Peace]] will not come to [[Urantia]] until every so-called [[sovereign]] [[nation]] [[surrenders]] its power to make [[war]] into the hands of a [[representative]] [[government]] of all [[mankind]]. [[Political]] [[sovereignty]] is innate with the peoples of the world. When all the peoples of [[Urantia]] create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_government world government], they have the right and the power to make such a government SOVEREIGN; and when such a [[representative]] or democratic world power [[controls]] the world's [[Military}land]], air, and naval forces, [[peace]] on [[earth]] and good will among men can prevail—but not until then.

134:5.12 [[Peace]] will not come to [[Urantia]] until every so-called [[sovereign]] [[nation]] [[surrenders]] its power to make [[war]] into the hands of a [[representative]] [[government]] of all [[mankind]]. [[Political]] [[sovereignty]] is innate with the peoples of the world. When all the peoples of [[Urantia]] create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_government world government], they have the right and the power to make such a government SOVEREIGN; and when such a [[representative]] or democratic world power [[controls]] the world's [[Military|land, air, and naval forces]], [[peace]] on [[earth]] and good will among men can prevail—but not until then.

134:5.13 To use an important [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century nineteenth]- and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20thcentury twentieth-century] [[illustration]]: The forty-eight states of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States American Federal Union] have long enjoyed [[peace]]. They have no more wars among themselves. They have [[surrendered]] their [[sovereignty]] to the federal government, and through the arbitrament of [[war]], they have abandoned all claims to the [[delusions]] of [[self-determination]]. While each state regulates its internal affairs, it is not concerned with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations foreign relations], tariffs, immigration, [[military]] affairs, or interstate [[commerce]]. Neither do the [[individual]] states concern themselves with matters of [[citizenship]]. The forty-eight states suffer the ravages of [[war]] only when the federal government's [[sovereignty]] is in some way [[jeopardized]].

134:5.13 To use an important [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century nineteenth]- and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20thcentury twentieth-century] [[illustration]]: The forty-eight states of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States American Federal Union] have long enjoyed [[peace]]. They have no more wars among themselves. They have [[surrendered]] their [[sovereignty]] to the federal government, and through the arbitrament of [[war]], they have abandoned all claims to the [[delusions]] of [[self-determination]]. While each state regulates its internal affairs, it is not concerned with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations foreign relations], tariffs, immigration, [[military]] affairs, or interstate [[commerce]]. Neither do the [[individual]] states concern themselves with matters of [[citizenship]]. The forty-eight states suffer the ravages of [[war]] only when the federal government's [[sovereignty]] is in some way [[jeopardized]].