For Statehood, “the existence of a permanent population is naturally required and there is no specification of a minimum number of inhabitants, as examples such as Nauru and Tuvalu demonstrate”. However, the lack of a permanent population (i.e., the shifting element in population such as the nomad tribes on the KenyanEthiopian border), or non-existence of fixed boundaries are not enough to affect the existence of a state. The State practices as well as the judicial and arbitral decisions have clearly establish that it is not necessary for an entity to have exactly defined or undisputed boundaries to be a state either at the time when it comes into existence or subsequently. Therefore, the correct option is B.