[lentulusgracchus]

States did not leave one country to form another, they kept the same country and formed a more perfect Union. No states left the country and then rejoined, they all continued as part of a single nation.

Absolutely they did -- Madison said they did! Did you not read, or did you refuse to read, the excerpts that Idabilly and I posted to you from Federalist 43?

What the hell are you playing at? You're trying to stuff an original document -- the Owner's Manual -- of the Union, in your pocket just because it's inconvenient to your "Mystical Union" Claremonster B.S.?

[Non-Sequitur]

Absolutely they did -- Madison said they did! Did you not read, or did you refuse to read, the excerpts that Idabilly and I posted to you from Federalist 43?

No they did not. The country formed under the Aricles of Confederation was the United States. That nation continued after the Articles, during the ratification process, and after the Constitution was ratified.