*Do you think any other states would do well as their own country?*

What If Central America united as a single country

I think New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania could form a pretty powerful country together

As a proud New Englander, I can tell you that even though we share the same region, there's a major difference in the political leanings of the average person from Massachusetts and the average person from New Hampshire.

5:09 as a Californian, I didn’t know we were bigger than Sweden, Japan, and Germany Damn, our state is really huge

I like this video. As a native Californian, I can see my state, Texas and New England doing fine on their own after the first decade. Newly independent countries always struggle in their first decade and the fledgling US was no exception. I think another honorable mention would be Cascadia (Washington and Oregon).

This would be a cool series to continue. I Would add Cascadia, Utah, or Louisiana. A great lakes state would be interesting too, like Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, or Illinois.

Rolling home to Old New England brothers ✊

Another state video this is getting good

FYI, thats the flag of NYC not New York State on the title screen.

Very cool video.

Nice video !

Thought Pennsylvania would be another ideal candidate for independence since it was after all the home of the Declaration of Independence. Wouldn’t it be best if New Jersey and New York joined together? Also thinking Washington and Oregon.

Great video.

New Jersey represent!! Thanks for the shoutout dude. Most people blow off NJ. Glad we got a mention

Good vídeo

Colorado should be the Switzerland of North America.

Oh yeah, GO NEW YORK! Thanks for the vid.

I live in New Hampshire and there’s a very small but vocal movement for secession from the US. They’ve tried to get it on the ballot and the proposal actually just got rejected by the state house. I personally can’t see NH surviving on its own.

I'm from Michigan and I love my homeland very much, I always strive for it to be the best it can be, as I have immense pride in my homeland. I wholeheartedly believe michigan could be independent, and thrive as it's own country, based on its name sake, the great lakes. If Michigan became independent, it would have serene republic of Venice levels of location for trade, as the great lakes already provide lots of shipping of resources around, and there's already two huge markets if it becomes free. The US, and Canada, plus, you could use the St. Lawrence River out to sea. If other states become free as well around Michigan, even better, as water trade will facilitate more economic prosperity. Plus there's plenty of natural resources, such as mining. Farming. Lumber. And if Detroit became the manufacturing hub of the Midwest again. Michigan could be quite the regional power.

Now do the Midwest/Great Lakes/Rust Belt

It was mentioned in the video but it's vitally important to remember, especially when talking about things like relative wealth and GDP, that these states or groups of states, have the standing they have precisely because they are a part of the whole that is the USA. Take that away, go off on your own, and that dynamic stops. Some of these places may do OK if they were to strike out on their own but I'm betting they'd find it a helluva lot harder than they think.

Can you do nations or regions which would fo well to combkne into a unified state? (Maybe Central America, parts of Africa, Caribbean)

My geography teacher showed us a video of you but I am watching you since about 2021 or 22

I can't think states can leave due to the 1860s civil war

That's why every state should do it's own thing since it disagrees with one another and we don't want the other states to control our state

@5:49; ..."potential issues with water"...what do all commercial crops need to grow?

I'm proud to be from New England, but we have more to gain within the United States than without. To the other New Englanders, what do you think about forming regional institutions above the states but below the federal government aimed at promoting cross-state economic development and our New England identity?

Can you make a comparaison about languages ?

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I also believe that Pennsylvania is another state that would be a powerhouse if they leave the US because I feel like Pennsylvania has more potential than New Jersey but I’m happy that New Jersey got represented

Here’s An Idea: What If Cascadia (Bioregion) Became An Independent Country?

I saw this video on my recommended and the first and only thing I noticed about the thumbnail was that you use the flag of New York City for the state of New York

What about actual movements like the greater idaho project?

In the case of the US, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. All the states mentioned rely heavily on federal money, especially in times of natural disasters. Could California, Texas and Florida even protect their own borders? And what about travellers from other US states. We have the same sort of movements every now and then from Western Australia, as they see themselves as putting more into the Commonwealth of Australia than they get back.

Aerospace in Texas is mostly financed by US Govt. That would likely move out of Texas to AL or NV. And the Florida chunk would likely move up the coast to Delmarva or SC.

You should have talked about Casacaidia

10 States support the other 40 States. VA, NY, TX are in that 10.

PA+NJ+NY would be a pretty kickass country actually. But I prefer the union as-is.

My money on Texas, New England federal states !!!

Pretty sure the network area is mostly self sufficient when it comes to industry.

Cascadia (or the Pacific Union): California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii -- ideal combination for a strong commercial alliance with cultural affinity.

This all depends on if other nations would recognize them and trade with them, otherwise good video

The whole North East region would make a powerful country on its own. NY, NJ, CT and New England are very similar politically and culturally. I can see this new country being closely aligned with Canada and Europe more so than the rest of the US.

Fun Fact: There are more people living in Los Angeles County, alone than in 40 of the 50 United States

I would see Florida having lots of wars.

If the US Balkanized then the Midwest should pull together as a single country

The Great Lakes would be a strong nation, given access to the outside world. 47 million people with a $3.6 trillion GDP. Lots of manufacturing and farming, we produce what the world needs.

every state could survive on its own, and most will do better than a large amount of other countries. but we are stronger together.

Hmmm. Interesting 🤔

I think teh DC/Maryland/Virginia area would make an interesting nation.

Would be interesting to see how North Carolina would stack up if it was a country, or some merging of a couple of states into a single nation, like Washington, Oregon, and Idaho into one nation. Then there is the great plains, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming and Oklahoma into one nation... maybe. Then there is the Great Lakes region, I could see those state uniting into one nation.

3:19 NYPD is already bigger than some militaries. And permanent military installations can presumably go to the state breaking off, so they start with Westpoint and probably some more.

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bro included jersey but not cascadia

What about Alaska or Hawaii? The states most likely to succeed with their current abilities, populations and resources are New England, Alaska, maybe Hawaii as a tourism country like the Maldives or the Bahamas, Delaware Virginia Maryland, West Virginia and maybe eastern Kentucky as a group, Wyoming Idaho Iowa Montana and the Dakotas as a group, Wisconsin & Minnesota together,

Pretty soon for California you are going to have to change UK to Germany. We passed UK years ago and quickly closing on Germany.

What about things suchas natural resources in the cases of production of electricity, gas for automobiles, natural gas for heating and cooking, food production ? I dont think New York produces enough of any one food for its population.

You do realize New York State is basically unpopulated except for Long Island and New York City, right? There was a brief movement back in the 50s to make New York City its own state, but it fizzled out quickly.

Hawaii could be its own kingdom. Not sure if there is any historical precedent for that though.

It would make sense to have the state of Albany (New York state minus NYC and Long Island). Still none of this is realistically happening...we've had the same lower 48 states/boundaries (and I don't think hardly any counties were added/changed either?) since 1912 and making any changes would require the approval of both Congress and all the state legislatures involved...and there would have to be a LOT better reasons for it besides partisanship.

Oklahoma would be a very interesting country considering how a huge chunk of it belongs to Native Americans. Hopefully one day we will actually see a Native American country!

Poor Canada. Outclassed economically by California, Texas and New York -- each with smaller populations.

Keeping jersey but not putting in Pennsylvania is crazy

New England does not mostly agree on policy and political issues. The three northern states and the three southern states are substantially different. Also, Connecticut is functionally a part of New York City, and upstate New York is culturally closer to New England than New York City.

Each of these countries would have to provide for their own defense, the single largest discretionary item in the US budget. So a fair analysis would look at the burden each state would have. Florida, being a peninsula, might have the lowest burden.

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I have question on you. From which country are you

No Cascadia?

Floridda's citizens is its wildlife.

I’d like to see if Louisiana would be viable for independence

Id like to think Arizona could exist as an Independent country due to what we consider the 5 C's those being Copper, Cotton, Cattle, Citrus and Climate (slightly skeptical as it gets real hot in the summer) As well as we have a fair population, As well as our state capital Phoenix is the fifth largest city by Population in the whole US with 1.6 million as of 2022. looking at Copper, Arizona has the The Morenci Copper Mine which is regarded as the largest Copper mine in the US and among the largest in the world (top 10) as of 2023

Florida would also lose the massive Social Security and Medicare funds that support its economy.

As a New Yorker not from the city, I am annoyed at the usage of the NYC flag for the whole of the state (on the thumbnail)

Some states are really powerful even compared to developed countries, for example Texas has half the population of South Korea and yet its nominal GDP and GDP per capita is higher

3:48 bro what is this map 😂 why are the islands of Acklins & Crooked Island in The Bahamas 🇧🇸 labeled as Middle Caicos

Lol too fast😂

NY would need to take atleast Northern New Jersey and Fairfax County Connecticut with it to preserve the greater NYC metro area, which is the financial core of the state. But realistically without the freedom of movement and security from being within the USA the state would be much worse off. A consequence of being in such an economic union with all the other states for so long is an economic codependency to hold them together. (This is basically the origin of the EU, to get France and Germany to "marry" their economies and make war between them unthinkable due to the economic devastation is would cause both of them. So far atleast is has worked.) Super regions of the US would have to break off together like when the Confederacy left, it was the entire southern slaver economy that left as one entity.

New York could probably become a naval power

Pennsylvania!!

Florida at the moment could work* as a nation, but due to the effects of global warming after around 100 or so years most of the state would be submerged making it far weaker, and the odds would be most of its population moves to avoid the flooding, with the only solution being to do a similar approach as the Netherlands to keep its chance to thrive. But that’s just how I view it and I don’t mind if you guys think otherwise.

As an Alabama boy, I highly recommend not repeating our mistakes.

New Jersey and New York will argue because of some islands and territorial waters.

Im From Mindanao, The Philippines I Love California and Texas Idk why i love them

Appropriate to use the New York City flag for all of New York lol

perhaps oregon + washington

That’s the flag of the City of New York. Not the state.

Hawaii could be too. Just over 100 years ago they were their own country

What if there was United Malay Archipelago States (Malaysia, Philippines,New Guinea, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, East Timor, Cocos Islands, Christmas Islands and Caroline Islands)

United Caribbean islands ;)

What about the old confederacy? Minus Texas and Florida obviously

Ofc NJ could be a country, we got slightly more land and people than Israel and our economy is slightly bigger by GDP

A great video to prepare for an upcoming civil war. Personally, I think that if that happens, the New states would push into apalatia and midwest, Texas and Florida would recreate the confederacy, but this time with great planes, and California would just quickly grab the mountain and be like "screw this, I'm out, call me NCR (New Cascadian Republic)". Speaking as a Californian.

Love this video! Aside from New Jersey, I've contemplated these same scenarios many times and like your perspective on it. Texas would be a juggernaut as a nation-state. Great economy that continues to diversify and grow, unique culture, and well-positioned geographically. I think New York would do well, but as an Upstate New Yorker myself, you brought up very valid concerns on internal division. Building on what you said on New England being more culturally aligned with Canada, I would say that's very much the case with the Western NY and North Country regions. There's an ongoing movement that emeges from time to time which seeks to separate Upstate from NYC as its own state within the US. Never really gains traction, but that still says a lot. I think Louisiana would be an interesting concept as a nation-state. It has many economic issues and environmental concerns from storms/rising sea level, but culturally would do well and New Orleans would be an asset in many ways. I could see Louisiana leaning more into La Francophonie and other French partners, as well as the Caribbean and Mexico.

I *think* California still has a bigger population than Canada, though I may be incorrect because our population has been shrinking in the last few years.

Separatism is always moral. Freedom of Association.

Meanwhile states seceding being illegal:

What if Austria and Hungary united as a single country today?

California WAS it's own country, all be it for literally like a month in 19th-century. That's why it's state flag has the word Republic on it! The four US states that once were independent countries, even for a brief amount of time, are Hawaii, Texas, California, and Vermont. I think a more realistic way of portraying this ides is that it would be more common for multiple states to form wider unions with each other into one brand new, never have existed before country into one brand new and fresh country has never existed before. So the idea of New England mentioned in this video is probably more viable. Given the facts that the southern states once actually were their own country for a few years in a way, I could see them uniting into something like that again (BUT IN A PURELY GEOPOLITICAL WAY BASED ON THE REGION, NOT THE DISGUSTING RACIST IDEOLOGY THAT THE CONFEDERACY WAS BASED ON. GEOGRAPHIC SIMILARITIES, NOT THE PHILOSOPHY THAT AREA HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH FOR SO LONG). But I could see Hawaii becoming an independent Polynesian country again, and Alaska would be able to go it alone, though the possibility of becoming a Canadian province in that scenario might be tempting as well. I definately could see California, Oregon, and Washington State (and possibly British Columbia as well) actually becoming Cascadia, as it is proposed. I also wouldn't surprised if the hypothetical New York nation, New Jersey nation, and New England nation that were proposed in this video unite into one nation unto itself. This situation would also cause many Native American groups to declare an independent nation of their own, with it be the Republic of Lakotah or something else. Other states would probably just join with other nearby states in their respective regions to form brand new nations, even if the only thing that unites them is economics, as well as some nations just getting absorbed into the new independent ones mentioned in this video. Puerto Rico would probably and wisely use the opportunity to final become it's own nation, and I could see Guam going the same route as well. The other 3 inhabited territories, The American Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianna Islands would probably just get absorbed into their neighboring nations/territories. DC would either remain the capital of what is left of the USA or get absorbed into Maryland and Viriginia as a major city in those areas.

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