Never a void

What is important to note, however, is that because states are natural to humans, immediately when one ceases to exist another replaces it. In other words, there is never a void, humans were never and can never be found out of a state, in limbo. Consequently, a constitution or any other formal method of forming a state (e.g. the appointment of a king, an emperor etc.) is an act of succession, not an act of creation. Citizens of the new state were already citizens of another state immediately before the new constitution was signed or the new king crowned. States are natural to humans, and no human can ever be, or ever has been, stateless.

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