re: How would your State fare as an independent nation?

I read an article on this when everyone was on the succession bandwagon following Obamacare. The article said the Texas had the best chance of being a standalone country due to a lot of in house industry and the ability to balance a budget. Most of the other states have lost so much industry that it would be very difficult for them to survive on their own.

Alabama would be fine if we set the clock back 100 years and actually learned to live off the earth again. We have enough open land and existing farm land to have a sustainable farm industry but we have a difficult time actually getting an export industry going unless it was produce.