States can own land regions {territory}| that are not states. States can rent territory from other states {lease to state}.
sovereign
States hold territory and have rights in territory. State territory is sovereign property. Sovereignty requires desire and intention to own land and exercise control over land.
territory acquisition
State land occupation can acquire territory. Prescription can acquire territory. Unoccupied-land occupation can acquire territory. Long possession time, without other nations expressing territory rights, can acquire territory. Cession or transfer from one state to another state can acquire territory. After subjugation or conquest, annexation can acquire territory. Accretions and acts of nature can acquire territory. Land discovery can acquire territory.
Regions {trust territory} can be controlled by another country by agreement of all countries.
Territory discovery confers right {inchoate title}| to have time to settle territory.
Territorial seas can extend to 3, 12, or 200 miles from shoreline {territorial limit}|.
States hold their internal waters and territorial seas {territorial waters}|. Bays are in internal waters. Other-nation vessels have right of innocent passage through territorial waters. Currently, all nations control their territorial sea floors. Nations have also established contiguous or customs zones beyond their territorial waters.
Exchanges can be at neutral areas {trading area}|, with laws established by traders.
Landlocked states have right of access to sea {access to sea right}.
Atmosphere {air space}| over states is under state sovereignty. Others have no right of innocent passage through air space. Right to use air space requires international treaty.
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