With reference to the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, are nations entitled to complete sovereignty if they fail to exercise it properly? When certain states of the United States defaulted on their debts to British creditors in the 1830s, Britain did not attempt to take over American customhouses. Why? Are there different rules of international behavior for small nations and large nations?

With reference to the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, are nations entitled to complete sovereignty if they fail to exercise it properly? When certain states of the United States defaulted on their debts to British creditors in the 1830s, Britain did not attempt to take over American customhouses. Why? Are there different rules of international behavior for small nations and large nations?