The relation to other states seems to come from outside. It looks like a tangle of chance events.

What lies behind it?

In truth it is the highest moment of the state itself. Here the state shows itself as absolute power over everything individual. Over life, property and rights. Here it becomes clear to our minds that all this is nothing before the whole.

Summary: In its relation to the outside, the state shows itself as absolute power. Before it, the life, property and rights of individuals become nothing.