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

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So how would your U.S. state function as a sovereign state?

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Generally speaking people far overestimate the benefits of having a gigantically sized nation.

By having lots of smaller nations we could more accurately reflect the culture and will of the people in these areas and thus most of these states will be perfectly fine.

Did Europe fall into the sea after Rome fell? Nope, it actually exceeded Rome in the following centuries.