Take a country like South Sudan for example. Of course they have their citizenship laws over there. However, how did the first citizens of the nation acquire it? It can’t be based on whether you were born there or not because there was no defined country for you to be born in. And if it’s based on descent, same problem. Your parents couldn’t have been born in a country that doesn’t exist. Did South Sudan just not have de jure citizens at first?
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Countries can give citizenship to whoever they want.
Take for an extreme example the Vatican. No one is born a citizen of the Vatican, but when you work for the Pope he will give it to you and he can also take it away.
If a new country is formed they generally give it to everyone in their borders.
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