[mieseratte]

On the other hand one could frame this as the majority of states decided and those nine states are the tyrannical minority.

[SauciestGNU]

Empty land doesn't have a right to suffrage, people do.

[mieseratte]

We're not talking about "empty land," we're talking about member states of a federation. Those members get to decide, you merely tell your state, vaguely, what you want.