The theory that you are looking for is "the Divine right theory".
This theory claims that only certain people who were given the divine right to do so can create countries and that royalty is supposed to exist as rulers, without being questioned.
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An autocracy is a government in which one person has all the power. :)
I am sure that's correct, Davis being a Democrat was strong on states rights.
The Sui evidently meant to replace the weak regimes of the age of disunion with strong centralized government, to unify China by eliminating the feeble “legitimate” Chinese regime at Nanjing. The emperor moved into his half-built capital in 583, and he immediately set his grand design in motion.