To be fair the state would have the same population as Wyoming and be bigger than several NE states. This idea is really old, I wish them best of luck. That said, no matter what they think, such a move needs approval by California legislature and US Congress.
Not going to happen. West Virginia did it, but that was done with arms in hand and with Union army backing, these guys are not going to war over this.
“To be fair the state would have the same population as Wyoming and be bigger than several NE states.”
Need to check your state pops. Wyoming is 582,000 people. These two counties would be 53,000 people. That make Wyoming ten times the size of this propeosed state.
You are correct that it would be about the same size as Massachusetts and larger than four of the other five states. Maine is larger, but size really does not matter in creating states.
Not sure what you are counting in Wyoming, but there are more than a half million people there, not 53,000.