Sovereignty can best be described as .

a government asserting control over and responsibility for its citizens and their actions.

Explanation:

Sovereignty means the power, right and ability of a government to exercise control over itself without any foreign or external control. It means the state of being supreme in authority.

Sovereignty enables a state or a government have total control over its citizens without external influence and also gives a state the capacity to enter into relations with other states. Sovereignty gives power to the people to have their leaders or government elected hence important because such government must be respected due to its sovereign status.

you can lose ranking 2 ways.

1) you don't have enough points due to you expending them by asking questions/your answers are deleted.

2) your brainliest's expired. this means that brainliests, once they exceed the 30 day limit, expires. this is to ensure that you continue to contribute into the community at a constant rank if you want to continue to have/exceed the rank you have right now.

if you go to profile, and click "show more information" located on the bottom left of the box with your information (on top of the questions answered, questions asked, and friends), you will be given the following information (example):

member since : 02/13/2017, 18: 11

questions answered: 9741

questions asked: 162

no. of brainliest answers: 1575

brainliest answers in last 30 days: 10

warnings: 0 view

questions/answers reported: 2637

questions/answers incorrectly reported: 64

look at the "brainliest answers in the last 30 days". this is the one that will affect your rank other than your points. again, once your brainliest expires (was earned 31+ days ago), it will not be counted.

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