Sorry, but I am not interested in disappearing into the Badlands or providing for my family with a knife.
I want to be Free.
Me too. That was not my over all point. I was attempting to speak to how big this land is, and to how hardy her people are.
To take her by force is nigh on impossible, IMHO. And to imagine her people, at least those in the rural areas would simply roll over without a fight is beyond the pale.