Jesusland

I guess you’ve all seen the secession map by now, in one form or another. I’m not keen on being governed from Ottawa or México, myself, but how much worse can it be than a “Jesusland” relieved of its inhibitions?

Assuming for the sake of argument that the “Blue States” do withdraw from one federation and seek to join another, would they have us? The population of New York is equal to that of Ontario and Quebec (Canada’s biggest provinces) combined. California is about equal to all of Canada, or one-third of Mexico. Once they’ve got the gloating out of their system, the legislators to north and south will find plenty of reasons not to welcome all of the putative applicants.

So: if a realignment of boundaries does occur, I reckon it’s sure to increase the number of sovereignties in North America. Though most of them may be more distateful than the present selection, I only need one libertarian country.

Furthermore, if movement between the new states and federations is not seriously impaired (as should be politically difficult), competition is likely to drive most of them in a vaguely libertarian direction.