Pillar II · Sovereignty

Govern what has been entrusted.

Sovereignty is self-governance made visible in responsibility, discipline, and the protection of what has been entrusted.

PROVISIONAL COPY. Sovereignty is not isolation and it is not permission to abandon consequence. It is the practice of governing the self before claiming to govern anything else.

The Realm becomes more sovereign each time it builds a durable institution, tends its ground, and keeps faith with its stated responsibility.