A territory would want to become a state for many reasons:
- A state is an organized, political institution that controls a territory under a government and forms part of a federal republic.
- A state uses legitimate force to maintain a monopoly over the territory under a central government.
- Citizens in a territory would want to control immigration and a possible invation .
- Citizens would want to participate in elections for political representation .
- The citizens of the territory would want to have the states full privileges .
- Those who live in the territory would want to have a defined identity.
- Citizens would want to have sovereignty .