What If the USA Broke Up
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2022
- Would the United States of America be better off if it broke up into several individual countries? Let's find out! Don't miss today's epic new video that splits the United States up and discovers which states would thrive, and which would get taken over by the more powerful new American Countries.
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"Hawaii's remote location means no one would want to attack it"
*Japan enters the chat*
and got nuked later*
@@usmc5977 by who? what country that just lost the majority of its assets would invoke a nuclear war with japan?
@@FishFlys China
@@Marky-Mark1337 last i checked china isnt a state of america
is that a kaisserech reference i see
I feel like it's more likely the US will break up into 4 or 5 different regions based on common interests, resource sharing, economic reasons, and political alignments.
I'd agree. Something along the lines of the South, Midwest, pacific states, and either the entire north east or the northeast split into New England and the rest
Was my very first thought on clicking on this video. The result would also be far less unstable.
I could see this. Eastern, mid-eastern, central, mid-western, and western America. Or if it's 4 you'd end up with eastern, western, mid-eastern, and mid-western America. Probably end up splitting along the timezones imo
Yeah I agree
Yeah we here in the entire East Coast would probably join with whatever New York and Massachusetts are doing. We're not culturally different enough to dislike each other that much, and none of us are dumb enough to want to cut ourselves off economically from the power houses of NY and MA.
You might have a few "If we have to..." states (like NH), but the East Coast would remain relatively whole.
This is a cool thought project. I feel like realistically if the US broke up it would end up in regions rather that individual states
Except Texas.
Texas would become its own republic.
Ah yes, because the rich north versus the poor south worked so well in the past. How do you expect "regions" to agree on anything? Nobody would voluntarily want Tennessee or the Carolinas. Etc. If three states (CA, OR, WA) agree they are better off without ID, who will take it? Who will take NV? As separate countries, they can legalize their own gambling and then Las Vegas will become a total favela. CA as a sovereign nation will rather legalize gambling than having its citizens "travel abroad" for it.
@@paveladamek3502 that's why they're regions. Not just divided by North South.
What worries me is the need for water in places like Arizona. I live on one of the great lakes and Want no water sent to Arizona or California. They are desert states. People made choices to live there. Neither state should have green lawns that depend on water. The two states should be on their own when it comes to water supported luxuries like country clubs/golf courses.
Definitely. Probably the entire West coast, New England, the Carolinas, the Virginias, the Great Lake states, and other various alliances.
As an Alaskan, if the US ever broke apart and we were on our own, we would most likely instantly be invaded and taken over by Russia.
Why would Russia invade? Alaska could round-out Canada - a member of NATO.
Or maybe Canada
@@seanmcgouran4091 Russia has threataned an invasion of Alaska many times before and if we didn't have US protection, probably would get invaded
(especially since their reason for invading Ukraine would be the same, both previous Russian occupied, both major oil reserves.)
here’s a explanation for this comment or at least what I think they meant the Russian empire had control over Alaska and after the sold it to the USA they learned about the heavy amounts of oil there
That sounds right
I’m from Alaska to
#50 Mississippi 0:37 - 1:29
#49 Oklahoma 1:30 - 2:08
#48 Kentucky 2:09 - 2:37
#47 Alabama 2:38 - 3:15
#46 Arkansas 3:16 - 3:52
#45 Idaho 3:52 - 4:24
#44 Missouri 4:24 - 4:50
#43 Montana 4:50 - 5:22
#42 New Mexico 5:22 - 5:55
#41 Tennessee 5:55 - 6:24
#40 West Virginia 6:25 - 7:02
#39 Wyoming 7:03 - 7:36
#38 Arizona 7:36 - 8:17
#37 Indiana 8:18 - 8:47
#36 Iowa 8:48 - 9:22
#35 Kansas 9:23 - 9:56
#34 Louisiana 9:57 - 10:27
#33 Maine: 10:29 - 11:11
#32 Michigan 11:11 - 11:52
#31 Nebraska 11:53 - 12:28
#30 Nevada 12:30 - 12:57
#29 Ohio 13:00 - 13:27
#28 South Carolina 13:28 - 13:59
#27 South Dakota 14:00 - 14:33
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#26 North Dakota 14:35 - 15:00
#25 Utah 15:10 - 15:40
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#24 Wisconsin 15:40 - 16:07
#23 Alaska 16:08 - 16:41
#22 Colorado 16:43 - 17:08
#21 Delaware 17:10 - 17:36
#20 Hawaii: 17:38 - 18:08
#19 Illinois 18:09 - 18:29
#18 Maryland 18:30 - 19:00
#17 Virginia 19:02 - 19:35
#16 Minnesota 19:36 - 20:02
#15 New Hampshire 20:03 - 20:30
#14 North Carolina 20:32 - 20:55
#13 Oregon 20:57 - 21:27
#12 Georgia 21:29 - 22:06
#11 Pennsylvania 22:08 - 22:47
#10 Rhode Island 22:48 - 23:25
#9 Connecticut 23:26 - 23:48
#8 Vermont 23:50 - 24:22
#7 Washington 24:23 - 25:12
#6 Florida 25:13 - 25:55
#5 New Jersey 26:00 - 26:45
#4 Massachusetts 26:47 - 27:28
#3 New York 27:28 - 28:08
#2 Texas 28:08 - 28:54
#1 California 28:55 - 29:45
Bro tysm
A lot of red states will struggle
Texas should b #1 smh
Thx m8
@@bryanmolina9788 lol
Much of the US was setup with the intention of remaining in the union - with the exception of the original 13 since they were still trying to figure out the relationship between the states and federal government. If the US were to break apart today, it ls likely certain regions would group together for practical reasons like shipping access and watershed management. For example, I could see the great plains states joining together to retain access to the Mississippi/Red/Missouri river systems for exports and management of their shared aquafer. I could also see regions with similar political views and culture joining together as well. Instead of 50 countries, perhaps it might be more like 10-15 at most.
I could see the west coast states joining together
It wpuld most likely be like 3-5. Southern, east coast, midwest, and west coast. Maybe some split offs like Cali or Texas being straight up alone
@@TheLongDon i disagree. political views, like the comment says, would be an issue.
@@nathan9901 Political views in these reasons are for the most part the same
@@TheLongDon I'd say instead of the east coast it's likely be the north east, with the southern east coast being its own, or with the rest of the south. But otherwise I agree
As an Iowan I need to tell you that it isn't truly land locked. The Mississippi and Missouri rivers make up 2 of our borders which give our state its shape. :)
You beat me to it. Good point!
You live on the State National Chef’s head, as I call it. Wonder what it is like there
Landlocked doesn't mean there aren't any navigable rivers. Landlocked means that the territory in question has no ocean coastline.
@@ianleary5780 Correct.
I could see multiple states align with each other just so they can have access either to the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific, or the Atlantic.
I think it would be all about the Great Lake states. Wisconsin alone has Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, and the Mississippi River and then the partnership with Canada would be the icing on the cake. The same could be said for Michigan, Illinois, and Minnesota.
I don't see that happening with the New England states as they will end up joining Canada with New Hampshire, Vermont, and Northern Maine joining Quebec while the rest of Maine as well as Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut could end up joining New Brunswick or Nova Scotia.
The only concern with Massachusetts joining Nova Scotia is that it will shift its balance of power from Boston to Halifax for strategic reasons. It could also jeopardize relations with both cities as Boston helped rebuild Halifax after "The Halifax Explosion of 1917".
If a split happens, it won't be 50 individual countries. It would be alliances of ideologically and economically similar states. You'd probably see the Northeast either with Maryland or North Carolina as the southernmost state (depending where North Carolina fell). The Southeast and Rustbelt which would likely overlap with some of the landlocked states. You'd then have the west coast, with likely a surprising amount of those neighboring states trying to latch onto California because money talks. The only state I could see trying to be completely independent would be Texas, and that is more because it's kind of what they've been trying to do forever.
Well for a time Texas was its own country. And since it seems to be getting most of the major businesses that California is emerging at current it would mean that the Republic of Texas would become the number one economy in the former United States
I think the RSA: Red States of America should be the new union with a currency based on something that has actual value. Outlaw the central bankers. Fiat paper is a big reason why the country is in the mess it's in right now. Liberals would be much happier living in a union full of people with shared values & ideas of how big the government should be, and how involved in everyone's life Big Daddy Government should be. The RSA will keep the Constitution and abide by it. Liberals can continue ignoring it in their Utopian union. A peaceful divorce would make everyone a lot happier.
@@robertthompson4393 if they were separate countries that movement would stop, due to potential import/export costs that could be imposed.. There is no way you'd ditch having a base in the huge California market. Most likely the big companies would all want a facility in each country
@@robertthompson4393 And then a blizzard would hit and it would be back to the bottom. Then their oil would run out in about 40-50 years and they'd have nothing.
In the meantime, there would probably be a civil war between Texas and its four biggest cities (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin) unless they got to run things as they saw fit. Without those cities, you're a third world nation.
coasts would eat themselves. after about three days. money wont mean anything and wont buy the west, who also has all of Californias water. but you see? in your mind california is separate from the west. and the west agrees. again, the coasts would literally eat themselves.
One major thing you forgot, is Minnesota is one of the largest exporters of Iron Ore in the United States. This significantly boosts the economy for the long haul, and is critical to any infrastructure.
Yes, and the ski industry, we can have biathletes defend our borders and join Canada
Minnesota is south Canada
@@arbyjack2552 actually true we are one of the most democratic states
MN is very underrated; educated population, grow a lot of companies and industries... run a budget surplus... oh and have our own water. California has both water and power shortages that would have to be addressed.
i personally would come conquer minnesota actually im really sorry but i would do it.
Fun fact! Tulsa, Oklahoma has the furthest inland port in the country at the Port of Catoosa!
Lol, what about Minneapolis?
@@Jakethegoodman Minneapolis is right next to the great lakes. So their port is not as far inland as Tulsa
@@skylertiger5314 The great lakes arent a coastline and Minneapolis is further from the Atlantic and Gulf of St. Lawrence than Tulsa is from the Gulf of Mexico. That said it may be closer to the Hudson Bay than Tulsa is to the Gulf (not sure though).
But if we're doing this St. Louis is further North than Tulsa and has a major port. Same situation with Louisville, Indianapolis, and a number of major cities in the Midwest.
But I guess it depends on your definition of "inland". For me, living on the Gulf Coast, any port on a river is inland. And with that said I dont see much difference between the Red River and the Mississippi. They're both navigable ones just deeper.
Nobody cares
Yes, I was surprised this fact was overlooked.
The thing is, Minnesota also has the Minntac Surface Mine, it’s one of the largest mining operations in the former US, Minnesota also holds more than 90% of the iron mined for the former US for the past 50 years, so Minnesota is possibly going to have a good economy because of trades of iron as well
District 9!
Yeah
Good to hear as a fellow Minnesotan
UTac all the way!!!
Those of us in rocks and cows in Southern Minnesota are ready to boot the twin cities out and join Iowa, North Dakota. Or Wisconsin
California, Texas, and Florida can definitely function as their own country
Iceland does too ... with only 350,000 or so people. There are lots of small countries that survive and most likely don't do as well as our individual states.
California is so bankrupt, as most Tech Companies have escaped that perverse craphole. Heck, most of the decent people have left, too. Only perverse, evil, idiocy lives there now. And California depends on Federal Assistance.
When Trump was President, he stopped Federal Aide to California due to them being a sanctuary state, which was good. And the demoncrap corruption in California has made most residents homeless, jobless, drunks and drug addicts. Look up statistics...California is NOT a wealthy state, any longer. And it has not been wealthy for years.
California cannot make it on its own. They have needed bailing out too often.
Government corruption over taxing companies and residents has gotten way out of hand, as politicians pocket most Federal Aide.
same with arkansas. we provide the world with rice and chicken, we also have natural gas and oil, along with forest and 3 of the top largest us rivers.
California is a horrible state everybody’s leaving.
@@Nileking300 Exactly.
I read a novel 40 years ago or so where the US had broken up into separate countries and CA had broken up into two countries and were always at war with each other. It actually was an interesting book and the fact the US had broken up was a relatively minor plot point.
What book?
@@chancebrown98 if I remember correctly, it was called "Friday". The main character went by that name. It’s a Robert A. Heinlein book.
@@Ryarios thanks! i just looked it up and it looks pretty good. Definitely gonna check it out
Yea, south Oregon and North California really want to create the state Jefferson
I red a very similar book! It was called American War by Omar el Akkad
As a Virginian, I find your analysis of the state interesting. What is your reasoning for VA acquiring DC over MD? Geographically its easier for MD to take/defend.
However VA does have a strategic edge over MD (and a lot of other states) for 1 main reason: Norfolk. As the base of the Atlantic fleet, VA would have one (if not the) largest Navys of the new countries and control the mouth of the Chesapeake bay, one of the most important waterways in the former US. That alone would push it up a few slots, probably pretty close to 10th or low teens at worse.
I agree it does not make sense to think that Virginia would take over Washington, DC. Virginia was part of DC but changed its mind. (Okay, that's oversimplified, but in the end, Virginia did not contribute to DC as planned). I would put Maryland on the "most likely to be invaded list regardless of how high Maryland ranks. With economic, educational, and natural resources, Virginia would love to absorb Maryland into its new country. With Norfolk and the naval base, it would control the Chesapeake and maybe more.
VA should combine with West Virginia. It would a great country with the added landscape and coal mining.
Virginia would probably join the Texas-Florida Federation of States. You might have the naval base in your territory, but not the funds to do anything with it.
Virginia's massive military (comparatively) would basically let it claim DC if it wanted. At that point they basically just effectively ask Maryland, "Yes? Did you have something to say about that?"
I thought same thing as it clearly was a 10x10 miles ( roughly ) area taken out of Maryland to become the Capital.
But the larger question I have, being from Maryland and the unique shape of it, what if different areas of a state want to be a part of another neighbor state. Maryland & Virginia are both good examples of the population being diverse, with those in the central areas of the state, basically along I-95 is more city & suburbs where other areas of both states are more rural areas with large farmlands and mountainous areas. It’s what makes the states great having such differences throughout the states,but for this video I think they should mention about states becoming divided too. With Gambling legal in majority of country now, how much of Nevada would want to join with California with their GDP being 5th highest in world among other countries. There is much more to consider then the 1-2 min brief description of each state.
While I realize and understand why my home state of Kentucky ranks so low, it DOES have a major waterway connecting it to several other states. The Ohio River! The entire northern border is The Ohio River which converges with The Mississippi River which then flows in to the Gulf of Mexico. Why wasn't that considered?
I believe that if the union collapsed states would group together and form new regional unions. Those new regional unions would probably form strong ties and possibly create a new more decentralized United States.
Well said. I think at first out of pragmatic reasons yes but like said as things improved a larger mass would form . Something like the idea we use today of middle America ( everything between the coastlines ) rough sketch .
I agree.
As a Californian, Id like to bring up the water problems we have. Wouldn’t be too bad once we get desalination plants up and running, but could be a rough first few years. Over all, the only changes we would likely notice is a bit more water regulation at first.
How about California stop selling their water? California is fine, it's the politicians that are messing it up.
In a real world scenario, presumably you'd take a few other states with you (voluntarily) & likely take care of the water issues in the process, in return for them getting the benefits you could offer them in return. In reality though, it's never going to happen! If there was any chance it would, you would have done a dry run during covid & closed your state borders so that the lockdown you did could actually work, rather than you just being reinfected by people bringing new covid cases in from other states, putting you into an endless lockdown. Australia did state border closures & most states were out of lockdown with covid fully eliminated within a couple of weeks. None took more than 3 months to fully eliminate it without new cases entering constantly, you would have been the same with state border closures
thats all we need really is water, lots and lots of water
@@wesieboy56 Don't say that! The whole world prayed for rain for Australia in Jan 2020 to help with the bushfires, 2.5 years later, we're still waiting for it to stop! Has been unrelenting for that entire time! "lots & lots of water" leaves your cities 50 feet under it! At least that's what's happened to us 4 times in the last year!
The state of Calif has one major problem.
The big cities vote democrat and rural Calif are Republican and have the sources of power and water.
Turn off the water and power to the cities and watch what happens to them. And turning off the power and water will be so easy it's a joke. And the city flatlanders would get lost trying to stop us Calif hillbillies.
and the Calif national guard likely join us hillbillies and the state of Jefferson military.
As for Massachusetts, if they ended up becoming their own country, they would likely establish greater relations with Nova Scotia, a major player in Canada's Atlantic Provinces.
With Halifax and Boston having strong relations and both cities are major regional centres with a well educated population, Nova Scotia and Massachusetts will have a very strong trading, educational, and technological relationship.
Massachusetts and Nova Scotia are well known for its highly advanced post secondary education system as both jurisdictions spend a considerable amount of money on its universities and community colleges.
Halifax's most well known universities like Dalhousie University, Saint Mary's University, and Mount St. Vincent University could establish partnerships with Boston's Harvard University, Boston University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Boston could also take advantage of Halifax's strategic significance as its a crossroads between Europe and Pacific North America.
As an added bonus, Massachusetts and Nova Scotia residents can take advantage of each others tourism opportunities as they're home to world's most famous landmarks and attractions, notably the Peggy's Cove and Sambro Island Lighthouses just outside Halifax, or even the legendary schooner, the Bluenose.
Good riddance to Massachusetts!!
As a Bay Stater, that sounds good!
One thing I think your missing is lots of people would move to other areas. Not everything is about money… I would be heading to Montana or Wyoming (born and raised) because both of these states would love to have the heavy hand of the feds gone …
I’ve lived in Idaho for my entire life, and I have never once heard anybody refer to themselves, me, or other Idahoans as hoers or Idahoers. I have only ever heard people call us Idahoans. I have however been told that the state I live in isn’t real when I talk to people while I’m on vacation.
Idaho isn't real tho
That’s not the only thing that bothered me as an “Idahoan.”
I think the infographics was a little inaccurate on this one.
He’s forgetting Idaho has immense amount of precious metals, oil and natural gas reserves. Power is becoming a major export right next to potatoes. Not to mention all of our military installations. Including nuclear. Both for power and weapons. Atomic city Idaho was the first city in the world powered by nuclear power. He also forgot that as a rural state, we are right up next to Texans with guns owned per capita. He acted like Idahoans would just run away from a fight. Not to mention that 2/3 of Oregon and a section of Utah wants to succeed to what they call “Greater Idaho” due to politics.
Sorry Infographics, 98% of the time I agree with your analytics. But I truly think you have Idaho dead wrong
Idahoes
@@mattbeers6461 you talk too much
@@mattbeers6461 worst case scenario they can just turn Idaho sideways and use the state as a gun
If trump wins the election again, I will leave the United States
If Biden wins the election again, I will leave the United States
This is not a political post, I just want to travel
See ya
Promise
Big facts I’m gone!
But Biden is a lord and saviour
Cringe comment
i think alaska would quickly join canada or be taken by russia. California would grow and take states on the coast and go east until hitting texan regions. We'd see a floridian nation of a few states up to tennesee or so, east coast would be the messiest region i think.
Yeah, I agree, east coast would be the messiest just by virtue of like 2/3s of the population being on that side and many more states, the west has California and Texas that's about it
East coast would fall under UN control lead by DC/NY....global communist would rule every state that alligns with it.....Tex/Florida would absorb border states to create a free union....West coast would fall under a Chinese Communist invasion
Indiana used to have a stockpile of VX near where I lived. They didn't get rid of all of it until the mid 2000's I believe. That would have been a big advantage/issue.
I could see a group of states that are on the same page politically and economically joining together and forming their own nation.
I'm imagining every western state forming an alliance with Mexico against California
@@listenhere1623 Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada would be the reasonable candidates of joining Mexico
True they might
Wonder what the name would be
And I could not. D.C. is way too powerful to allow that, even amongst governmental incompetency.
Yes let’s ignore the long-standing rivalry between Michigan and Ohio likely leading to them being the first war to break out
Or Minnesota and Wisconsin. Or the cold war that would take place between California & Texas (& maybe Alaska too) -- New York would be too preoccupied beefing with the entire East Coast for dominance.
I'm from Ohio and I was thinking this
Would it start at a football game?
@@jabronjunklove760 Prolly and It would be the fans to start it.
See Toledo War
Okay as a person who lives in Connecticut, I know the country would be small and not well known. But I guess they could make an alliance with New York, but the other states would take it down due to them being much larger.
Rhode Island would've had a much worse experience
I think the New England states would band together for their own Federal Union and call it something like the Republic of New England or something with Boston as their national capital.
Just like how I think the southern states would form their own regional union which I would call the Republic of Dixie (best not to name it after the Confederacy as this new state would need the support of their sizable African American population and naming their new state after the CSA would undermine that support) as for Dixie’s capital, it would likely come between Atlanta or New Orleans.
@@CaptainFritz28 Oh definitely, Texas will be it’s own independent state.
Texas doesn’t really need the Union, but the Union needs Texas.
I mean we do make Submarine. If they have ballistic missiles we win 😂
Listening to the countdown, it didn’t take long to hear this one go off the rails. At 48, he said, KY has no access to major waterways, well it has more navigable waterways than all states except Alaska, and directly with the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, where they can export coal ( not mentioned herein) as the nation’s third largest coal producing state, after Wyoming and West Virginia.
So, if you miss the large coal production, while mentioning it as a positive for other states, and miss the second largest navigable waterways, maybe this entire list is flawed.
exactly ... it's an opinion that is worthless; i live in Vermont and there is no reason to think it would be better off than Kentucky ... maybe per capita income but cost of living is very high here ... cold winters, etc
"There is nothing can stop it if the former state becomes it's own country."
Water would like a word with you.
"What if USA broke up?"
It would need some serious couples therapy after that.
Surely not a patriot huh
@@Polishpatriot1776 USA USA USA 🇺🇸 GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
@@sherlockholmes5714 North and South, East and West
@@savagepro9060 USA USA USA
@Carpe Diem He never did.
i love the detail they put into each state, im from portland i was able to name out every skyscraper. because they did that good at making it.
If that happened it is most likely that there would be 5 superstates composed of states grouped by region and similarity as some commenters have suggested. Because the individual states would no longer be the focus federally, would we then see a flag with only 5 large stars? What do you think?
I love the designs you did for every state that has things that are local to it and show a few city names. Definitely good graphic designer over there at info
Sarcasm.
Fallout has some cool lore as to how the country broke up into various commonwealths (and how/why Canada was Annexed). I don’t think every single state would be it’s own thing but rather how Fallout put it.
War......war never changes!
Thank you! I was looking for a transcript!
The problem is there would be a lot of internal conflict in many of the states such as California, Washington and Oregon where large sections want to secede.
Great video, but I have to point out one thing. Oklahoma has A LOT of oil. In fact, downtown Tulsa (my hometown) is literally sitting on a huge reservoir of oil, one of the biggest in the continental US, in fact. We also grow a sizeable amount of America's food. It's been talked about here and most of us believe what would happen is Oklahoma and Texas would combine to form an agricultural, meat, and oil powerhouse economically. So, you're partially correct; Oklahoma on its own as a country would struggle, but it's more likely we would combine with Texas as a mutually-beneficial arrangement due to the amount of meat, oil, and crops we produce and that new country would do alright.
Yes and also OK and tx have a similar culture as well (not exactly the same). I lived in Tulsa during the mid 90s and remember it well. Still have some relatives in Sand Springs. I worked at the Office Depot at 51st and memorial and later in a call center at the cityplex towers at 71st and Lewis.
@@jkeelsnc Tulsa is the outlier in Oklahoma. It wants to be on the same level as OKC but Tulsa is a Pepsi town, and we all know that Coke is the true master of soda. Plus, I cannot stand how Tulsa names/numbers its streets.
Imagine if the Tulsa Racial Massacre didn’t happen? Tulsa Stock Exchange would have an even great GDP than the New York Stock Exchange. Making OK a financial powerhouse state.
Just kidding. Woody Guthrie partially grew up there so you always have that going for ya.
I agree with you. Also, along with Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana joining together with Texas , they would control the Gulf of Mexico. And, have space capabilities already in place.
I’m still baffled at the size and diversity of culture and ethnicity in the US.
We’re all basically our own country at the end of the day
@@JKruuL the United continent of North America except Canada
We were a lot more of a nation before the 1980s.
@@Pisti846 what makes you say that
@@Yh-vi2sv probably wants US to be a white nation
As a Pennsylvanian I would like to point out the fact Pa has a very large oil reserve of "green" oil (meaning low sulfur). Where do you think the oil brands Pennzoil and Quaker State started (along with wolfs head motor oils). We also have a nice budding green energy industry with the wind farms in Somerset and access to the great lakes and the Atlantic ocean. Bring in New York and New Jersey...life would be good
Throw in new England and you've really got something.
The State of Missouri has access to the 2 longest and biggest rivers in North America. The Missouri is the longest and the Mississippi is 2nd. Not to mention wheat, barley, livestock and other crops.
But they'd be stuck having to negotiate with the other states to get down the river
#20 economy and dropped to 44 on this list....the narrator/author has an obvious hatred of Bud Lite and very little understanding of reality
I would love if you were to talk about if the United States were to break into smaller unions that shared same ideological or geographical similarities. For example a Pacific States of America or a New England. Just saying random possibilities. Its a more likely scenario and I would love to see you break it down.
Not just New England, but a North East Atlanta Alliance could form. That economy and education would be insane lol
Kaiserriech time
@@itstriplem2069 perhaps
yup, it's NEVER going to happen, but it would definitely be a much more interesting hypothetical imo
@@mehere8038 i wouldnt say never, its looking more and more likely by the day
fun fact about vermont (my home state). vermont used to be very militaristic before the establishment of the union. it once invaded and controlled portions of new York, new Hampshire, and portions on Canada. vermont is also extremely well armed. a miniature Texas when it comes to guns.
Not to mention we were our own country to, in fact the FIRST state to be a republic. Not Texas, California or Hawaii, lil ol Vermont.
Extremely well armed, independent minded state, yet not drowning in chaos, religious fervor, and a pretty progressive thinking place. Americans should pay attention; it can be done right.
Fun fact: Vermont is the only blue state that would still be a blue state if only gun owners voted.
Might need to move to Vermont then-i didn't know that-thanks!
Easy to pull off that feat with muskets and taking weeks for reinforcements to come. Try taking over NY now and watch what happens. This ain't the stone-age anymore. Also, having a bunch of hunting rifles pales in comparison to what people in Texas have 😂
I know you can't mention everything but an improvement one for Wisconsin is it's massive production of Humvees and tanks along with huge ship yards to build ships if we every went to war and we touch two great lakes
It’s nice to see what every state brings to the table. I’m just glad we can all be friends on the same team🤓
Except for Florida. Everyone appears to hate Florida. He said so.
@@j.n.sloane Still isn't bad compared to the rest of the other 30-35 states in the middle of nowhere. It's neighbor states above don't fare much better either.
There is a couple of things you forgot for Oklahoma. One, the Kerr/McClellan waterway (the Arkansas River) is as wide as the Mississippi in places, drains into the Mississippi, and ferries goods back and forth regularly to New Orleans via the Mississippi river. Oklahoma also produces more oil than most of the rest of the country.
okie is also the nations largest producer of pork products
Oklahoma slept on
One problem -- Oklahoma's oil would need to be processed into usable products. The nearest refineries are in Northern California, Texas and Louisiana. Good luck with that oil, Oklahoma.
@@mharris5047 Um, no. Tulsa has 3 of the largest refineries in the county. 2 owned by Holly and 1 by Chemtrade. Overall there are 5 refineries in Oklahoma alone.
@@PrimeTexans ong
No one:
Americans: Happy 4th of July
*Infographics: What if USA broke up?*
@Adam lol this is exactly what I was thinking XD
Cascadian Californian Vermont Texans southern us mfs watching this: YES
Regardless of how the states break up, if it does happen i imagine huge wars would break out between different regions based on historical beefs the different regions have always had, us being united is probably the only thing keeping that from happening at least for now
As an Irish Canadian, I would love 2 see a united states of North America that is similar to the EU in my lifetime with all the states/ provinces as separate countries would be awesome.
As an American I despise that, that would be awful
In all honesty, I'm kind of surprised that Michigan is so low. I mean, yes, there are some issues with the state. Still though, how the Dakotas and Nebraska rank higher is beyond me.
A big problem with using GDP per capita to determine wealth is that cost of living varies greatly from state to state. Making $80,000 in California may get you as much as $40,000 in Mississippi
We have one who thinks. Good point.
On the other hand, what are you going to spend $40,000 on in Mississippi?
@@sanzuriver2959 Making utube video's
Also, Kentucky has access to the Mississippi River which it could use for its main exports such as Bourbon, Soybeans, Tobacco and more.
I hope y’all redo this video after getting input from viewers in each of the states. I of course have plenty of suggestions!
1. If possible get rid of the background music! It makes comprehending what is said much more difficult for older folks like me(57) & yes, I watch almost all your videos!
2. Reevaluate the GDP of the new Country-States by removing the Corporate & top 1% taxable income earners as those will certainly move to wherever their economic outlook seems better!
3. Reconsider the energy and transportation infrastructure changes if you can. New national borders will change how each is permitted to travel across each border.
I’d expect NYC to secede or be booted from “Upstate” then unite with N.J. and maybe a few other smaller states, ie, Maryland & Rhode Island.
What the GDP figures don't take into account is the fact that they reflect near frictionless access to the US economy. As independent nations, access would be more difficult and bring GDP figures down.
Þere's also þe issue of foreign investment, which wouldn't be immediate. Outside money would be held onto as outsiders watch what happens in þe new nations. Hawaii would probably be one of þe first to start getting foreign investment due to its isolation, but þe Midwest is þe Balkans and Scandinavia in one. Þis video also fails to take into account internal cultural differences, which would split California and Michigan in two. It wouldn't impact Michigan's economy much since Superior would be a far poorer country at first, but California's would be split roughly in half as NorCal gets Silicon Valley and SoCal gets Hollywood.
Texas would be fine own its own..
Tennessee Would technically be sorta dangerous due to the fact tennessee holds oak ridge witch holds bombs etc
the major crops your listing are the ones that are subsidized by the government if the states were independent they would probably pick more efficient and more useful crops or whatever crops the state tries to subsidize.
Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri may be land locked, but the Missouri River is navigable up to Omaha/Council Bluff and barges used to ply it for as much of the year as it isn't frozen over.
I’m just made of questions I’ve always thought infographics did a pretty good job but really dropped the ball on this one.
What a great social studies project this would make - rank the 50 states in order of self-sufficiency!
Another thing about Utah is how it could easily hold water sources hostage. Most of the wests water comes from lake Powell one of the largest lakes in Utah. Utah also like Nevada has a massive scene in tourism. The natural beauty of the state is a massive draw to it.
The problem with Lake Powell is it is feed by the Colorado, Green, San Juan and Gunnison Rivers which all Start in Wyoming and Colorado. A couple dams up stream and no Lake Powell. The Green already has a dam for Flaming Gorge Reservoir.
@@dandockham3793 agree Colorado could just use the water resources they get already.
Sometimes I wonder about the research put in to some of these. “Kentucky not on any major waterways”. Have you seen the entire northern border? Not to mention it touches the Mississippi River too.
And he forgot the coal and the LBL power generation would make it a regional powerhouse. Also several military installations that would allow a lot of equipment to use for defense or possibly sale.
@@kossgroupllc9196 what about 'The Beast of LBL'? 😛
It like the Ohio River doesnt even exist.
Yea they lost credibility with this one
You have to take into account the cutting-off of any federal income (benefits, taxes, etc.). A lot of people who depended on those benefits suddenly being cut off would not be good.
Yeah, Texas likes to talk tough but the majority of their economy is based off of things either provided or assisted by the federal government or by exports which require people to not hate you and buy from you.
They will move to blue states.
AKA California.
@@ephemispriest8069 why are you smokin???? You do realize California & New York pretty much support every other state not named Texas & Florida. Would love to see how your roads, bridges, natural disasters relief or every other federal benefit you enjoy bc of my home state of New York. Tell me how you're doing in a couple years when you run out of fresh water.
@@ephemispriest8069 Bruh. California is practically wealthy and large enough to be its own country.
“Kentucky is not near any major waterway.” The Ohio River is the entire northern border of Kentucky.
Yeah and if on the Ohio you would have to go through other countries to reach a "Major Body Of Water" like an ocean.
How about when he said Washington only borders Oregon and montana haha😂
Just what I was thinking, and if I am correct, Kentucky owns most of the waterway of Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
A few problems with this (oversimplified) analysis-
1. If everyone in the upper midwest is growing corn and soy, there will be a market glut, prices will crash and the outter states in that area will not allow the inners to ship through.
2. Military bases are only good for the first few weeks at most. Most of the soldiers are from other 'nations' and the vehicles take a LOT of petrol. Planes and tanks are all but out, so all you have are a few hand guns and some land.
3. Anyone that makes money from federal government services will be out of work.
4. Anyone that benefits from federal government programs will be sunk- welfare, health care, disaster aid (!), common defense.
5. Transportation will be toast. Why would Louisiana, Missouri, etc allow anyone to transit their nation without HUGE payments? Or any nation with rail lines? Time to drive the herd to the national boundary and try to cut a deal.
At “2:20” Kentucky has access to 2 waterways. One being the Kentucky river which connects to the Second the Ohio River with it being the 3rd largest tributary to flow into the Mississippi River. 😀
That was my reaction like uh KY is nearly 2/3 surrounded by waterways. Ever hear of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers🤦♂️
Also we have Fort Knox gold reserves and ALL the bourbon
Makes me grateful we are united-better easier and stronger together, than more difficult and weaker apart.
Great video mate love your stuff. But the one thing I noticed you didn't mention about Cali is what happens if all the other countries it gets fresh water from say no water. Hard to be number 1 if you got no drinkable water
That's a very good point. Although Southern California relies enormously the Colorado River, mid and northern California have more water. The central valley has the delta and additionally receives a lot of water from the states watershed of the very north - the Six Rivers area.
@@TM-fb6xx the issue is California is pulling more than they have and so there whole economy would collapse as surrounding states would charge through the roof for water
Being from California we do have enough water it's just we divert it to Southern California
@@TM-fb6xx but the thing is the water will stay within state so it'll support the country as a whole
@@rancidenigma well if that's the case which it isn't then California shouldn't be demanding for more water even purposing to divert the Mississippi to give them more water
16:41
"Number 22 - Colorado"
*displays picture of Lake Morraine in Alberta, Canada*
During the Great Recession, Nebraska was one of the last to feel the effects and one of the first to recover after the recession was over. I'd like to think that my home state would fair very well as an independent country.
It's all flat and easy to invade. They would get annexed by other, more powerful states.
Nebraska isn’t a real state, it wouldn’t be a real country. It is an overgrown cornfield. A ‘state’ that on Bugeater game days would have the stadium be the third largest city in the ‘state’ isn’t a real state.
I think some of these midwestern states that have small populations and MASSIVE agriculture output would actually do quite well. Contrast that with NY (3rd on the list) that has a MASSIVE population but fairly small agriculture output and I could see lots of people starving to death if all of the other countries didn't play extremely nice with them.
@@ballan00 I thin Minnesota and Illinois would have some type of Great Lakes Alliance going on as seperate countries, for New York, maintaining good relations with the Upper Midwest, Lower Midwest & Canada would be a matter of life or death. Which includes Nebraska, obviously, probably under the mentioned Lower Midwest State.
Nebraska would also become the first triple landlocked country if it becomes independent.
Kentucky does have all that gold in Fort Knox and has the Ohio river which could be used to transport goods to any other states on the river, and it leads to the ocean. I think if they used their resources well, they would be better off than you think.
Rumor is they moved the gold to Benning a few years back since Knox is pretty much just a National Guard base now.
Are we sure that that rumor is true?
@@Imafrigginbot1199 it's a rumor about a government facility 99.99% have never seen inside of
Could be true.
Could be a local rumor.
Could be a government rumor to take eyes off of the place.
Having ran some ranges for local reserve units uo that way and seeing the base in extreme disrepair, I could see it being true.
But in the end only about 300 people would know the truth behind it.
The main issue with all the statistics in this video is that they're relevant in a united USA. Separately the situation would be vastly different. Each country will need to make massive adjustments when they can no longer rely on the cooperation of their neighbors and of course the federal government. Moreover this situation is completely unrealistic as if the USA will split it won't be into 50 individual state but rather a handful of republics with proper geography separating them rather than some of the current state borders which are purely political and often makes no geographic sense whatsoever.
Exactly what I was thinking.
I'd love to see the every state to the north and to the east of Pennsylvania, including Pennsylvania, unify and break away.
That'd be very nice
Indiana also has access to Lake Michigan, and the Ohio River which gives it access, ultimately, to the Mississippi and therefore the Atlantic ocean. We also have significantly better relationships with our neighbors than Illinois, which is basically loathed by everyone in the region.
Only reason we are "loathed" as you said is because we are surrounded by poor, ignorant racist states like Indiana. And we accept your loathing as a badge of honor.
What if Alabama or Louisiana had a problem with Indiana? Indiana would have to be nice to every country downstream.
@@gonzopenguin thankfully, both of those states have a pretty similar culture to Indiana
Hawaii has been fiercely fought over in the past for its unique geographical location in the pacific, making it an excellent naval base location. It would not be left alone. We only have Hawaii for its military benefits. Tourism, even, came later.
Hawaii would probably go independent, but join a military alliance with California
Ohio river is actually mostly in Kentucky, largest city sits at the falls of the Ohio, allowing some transportation and economic advantage.
I was surprised how high South Carolina was but you definitely forgot to mention the three military bases we have as well. We have fort Jackson as well as Shaw AF base and pair island. So defending our selves wouldn’t be an issue.
Not to forget to mention that Colorado controls most of the head waters for the Colorado river, which means we control the water source for most of the southwest
Exactly! They all sleep on CO!
Good for founding the Colorado's Navy
Good video, couple notes about South Dakota though. We do have a water way, the state is split in half by the Missouri river. Also we have quite a bit of beef production, not as much as Nebraska obviously, but I think we could hold our own pretty well.
The most important asset South Dakota has are Cutie Kristi Noem and her cute daughters. I think the Noems would do very well with South Dakota as its own country (Cutie Kristi is also a rancher when she is not working in the Governor's Shack).
Infographics didn’t consider the economic changes that would happen when the national power & transport infrastructure would break up.
Also, how would Multinational Corporations relocate when each state has its own tax laws? Each new country-state would likely enact import taxes and encourage local manufacturing inside its own borders.
I’m still enjoying Infographics rundown of each states assets. I didn’t think about Nevada’s technological edge it’ll have because of area51!
Wow! This reminds me of the hunger games except it’s 50 different districts rather than 12 or 13 (depends on when in the hunger games your talking about)
Really interesting video! What-If-videos are, generally speaking, very interesting. But to predict is difficult because human behaviour is more often than not unpredictable :D
I like how the graphic for Alabama has snowcapped mountains off in the distance as a boat sails down the coast (looks like it should have been Alaska?) Also, RE Idaho- it's always been Idahoan. This state is also armed to the teeth.
A better perspective might be to look how regional states might combine into 3-6 countries, not 50 countries.
It’s a cool thought, but it would break in the blocks. Like the Southwood stick together. The Atlantic states, New England, the great lakes states, the prairie states, the Pacific coast. It would be something like that.
I'm really surprised Oregon made it so high most people tend to over look it
West Coast would immediately support each other
I honestly thought it'd be in the top 10.
@@JakeSummers there would definitely be an alliance. As long as California doesn't try to obsorb us haha
@@dstreet4599 I was hoping we'd be up there but I figured we get lower because of the discord happening in Portland
@@JakeSummers CA, OR, WA, and HI should all band together!
What about the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and other unincorporated territories?
On their own, I suppose
Well if they're under DC's jurisdiction still for some reason, and Virginia is controlling DC, then I guess Virginia is going to control Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa and Mariana islands. Or literally, Virginia becomes an empire.
Probably would get forgotten about if the states all went their separate ways.
"Boys... you're on you're own..."
Ask the 5th-century Britons.
You mentioned Iowa and Kentucky not having access to waterways, yet Iowa sits on the Mississippi River and Kentucky’s northern border is the Ohio River. Both are used for transportation.
Bump NC up a few spots. We have the Research Triangle. North Carolina would probably join with SC and a few eastern counties of Tennessee.
Kentucky isn't near any major waterways? It literally borders both the Ohio River and a small piece of the Mississippi
They said Iowa was landlocked as well and we have THREE rivers on our borders. Including the Mississippi. This list is so bad I'm surprised they didn't misspell it.
I know I was thinking the same thing I think he should of done a lot more research on Kentucky
@@titaniumvideos1039 If the Kentucky women I have known are any indicator they also have one hidden asset -- the most beautiful women in the world. I think Kentucky's female population as a whole would do just fine.
There needs to be more content like this, so that more people would become aware what benefits come from being a part of the union.
I would encourage all UA-cam content makers of geopolitics, economics, history, political science, military to work on content that explores what would happen if the USA dissolved.
This simply reinforced my positive view of the idea of an independent republic of Texas
@@edbrown5665 bro why do you support that
Most of other countries would see it as a relief.
@@betaplain297 I have been trying to understand why Texans have been wanting to separate from the United States but I can not figure it out.
@@shadowslayer9988 They want to be a Christian Theocratic State but the Constitution is in their way.
Just love it that you posted it on July 4
As for Maine, large chunks of the state would end up joining the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick.
Northwestern Maine could end up joining Quebec as most of their residents have French and Quebecois French ancestries.
The rest of Maine could end up joining New Brunswick and Nova Scotia as they have close relations with both Canadian provinces. In parts of Maine, their English dialect is almost similar to Atlantic Canadian/Maritimer English.
For example, Maine's St. Croix River area could likely join New Brunswick, and the state's "Gulf of Maine" coastal area could end up joining Nova Scotia due to its strong connections with Nova Scotia's Yarmouth, Shelburne, and Digby counties.
The New England States also have a large connection to Canada's Atlantic Provinces, especially Nova Scotia Annapolis Valley and New Brunswick's Bay of Fundy coast areas as most of its residents are descendants of the "New England Planters".
Parts of Maine could end up joining Nova Scotia as both states and provinces are closely connected to each other.
If the New England States ended up joining Canada, it would concentrate more power on Boston and Halifax, the two major regional centres.
Halifax itself would grow more powerful as its the world's most strategic city.
Michigan is WAY low on the list. It should easily be top 10 with its ability to control large amounts of the great lakes and drinking water in the region. Theres also still large amounts of unmined iron and copper deposits and massive salt deposits under detroit that would be useful exports.
When he said that people from Colorado are very happy, I agree. I lived in Colorado for 3 years and they are one of the kindest people that I had ever met and the most beautiful state that i have visited and lived in. Now living in Texas for the past 6 years you guys already know the answer to that.
come on back to colorado! so many of us Texans move here becuase its almost magical in co!
Love the palm trees in North Dakota and cactus in Florida! 🌵🌴
We saw the US breakup in the series, Jericho. I agree 👍 there would be different regions, such as the North Atlantic states or New England states regions, etc.
They forgot that Arizona ships out the most copper in the world. We produce 90% of the world's copper coppers used in everything electronic and also some building supplies as well as metallurgy in general. So I would say that this would be wrong.
No water tho
Then the US will make a UA-cam video called “We broke up 😢“
Part of DC was already absorbed by Virginia in the Civil War. The other part would be absorbed by Maryland, which might also absorb Delaware or be absorbed by Pennsylvania.
At 16:44, that image for "Colorado" is actually Moraine Lake in Alberta, Canada..... Which is about 1,900 Kilometres (1,181 miles) from Denver.