is open to any existing state to accept as a state any entity it wishes, regardless of the existence of territory or an established government."[8]In international law, however, there are several theories of when a state should be recognized as sovereign.[9]Constitutive theory[සංස්කරණය]The constitutive theory of statehood defines a state as a person of international law if, and only if, it is recognized as sovereign by other states. This theory of recognition, was developed in the 19th century. Under it, a state was sovereign if another sovereign state recognized it as such. Because of this, new states could not immediately become part of the international community or be bound by international law, and recognized nations did not have to respect international law in their dealings with them.[10] In 1815 at the Congress of Vienna the Final Act only recognised 39 sovereign states in the European diplomatic system, and as a result it was firmly established that in future new states wo