[Non-Sequitur]

I guess the word "create" carries a different meaning for you than it does for most everyone else.

Was Alabama, for example, a state before it was admitted into the Union with the approval of the other states? No. Was it a state after it was admitted? Yes. "Bring into existence" would not be an inappropriate description of the process Congress went through to create the state of Alabama.

[Bigun]

Was Alabama, for example, a state before it was admitted into the Union with the approval of the other states?

Yes it was a self governing state prior to that time but NOT a member of the United States of America.