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There have been six distinct constitutional orders of the State since it first emerged during the Renaissance.

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Each epochal war brought a particular constitutional order to primacy.

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The peace treaties that end epochal wars ratify a particular constitutional order for the society of states.

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Each constitutional order asserts a unique basis for legitimacy.

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A constitutional order achieves dominance by best exploiting the strategic and constitutional innovations of its era.