This is one (legal) definition of "sovereignty" - the completely autonomous government of a region, community, or people. Sovereignty is often used to mean "supreme authority" in that sense, rather than meaning absolute power.
ability to govern without outside guidance
Of course, a nation should have both because a nation will not have freedom if it doesn't have the ability to govern. The ability to govern is to make freedom for the nation and to make a nation independent.
montesquieu belived that humans were greedy and that they couldn't govern themselves.
sovereignty
Sovereignty is a political term used to describe authority of a political entity or state. A state is known to be sovereign if it has full authority and ability to govern itself without any outside influence or interference from any other state or power.
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An independent nation is one which is not directly under the control of another. They govern themselves entirely and do not have to answer to anyone else with regard to their governance.
People of common traits with the ability to govern
Sovereignty
Anarchy?
People of common traits with the ability to govern
People of common traits with the ability to govern