[Vince Ferrer]

But this is the important part they don’t get to keep the whole states, West New York is ours they get to keep downstate, we keep Illinois they get Chicago.

That's an important point, the breakup should be by county. The seceding states would be like a federation of Singapores or Hong Kongs, not a full country.

[joegoeny]

Right and we control transport, electric and water supply. We can charge them for the use.