zackster the first thing I do is go in with the full force of the United States military, take the place over, and say “I am claiming this land for the United States of America”.
Think I made a similar point some time back when we last discussed this, I assumed it as a joke though. I guess they would never be allowed to meet the criteria, allowing the government to save face and never having to invade.
Following your idea of the whole country being eventually split up; you could do with Cascadia happening and it becoming a neutral state / country with no army but NATO protection or something, show the rest of the States how it could be done.
