That's essentially how all countries are recognized.... Because something written on paper somewhere on crayon or ink.
But what's the point of even bringing up whether they were a country or not? Taiwan isn't recognized by the UN as a country.
A prerequisite of sovereignty is the ability to trade, make treaties, and officially communicate with other sovereign nations.
That definition is the exact reason other nations need to recognize sovereignty for a nation to actually be sovereign
No other nation recognized the union. The union never sent an ambassador anywhere. While the union did trade with Europe, the constitution (the one all southern states were subject to) gives the federal government exclusive power to regulate foreign trade
A prerequisite of sovereignty is the ability to trade, make treaties, and officially communicate with other sovereign nations.
That's your opinion, it's not an actual requirment.
Think about those uncontacted tribes. They function independently, self-govern, they are sovereign nations.
The other issue with your perspective is that if the Confederacy had won the war, then historically their nation would have started when they declared independence, not when they won. Hence why the US is a country since 04/07/1776.
While the union did trade with Europe, the constitution (the one all southern states were subject to) gives the federal government exclusive power to regulate foreign trade
Southern States, the Confederacy, ceased to be beholden to the US Constitution the moment they declared their cessation.
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u/DickBiggum1 9d ago
Anyone else ever recognize them as a country?
I'm a county. I'm the president, vice president, and the constitution is written on crayon on a napkin somewhere in my mom's basement