[grey_whiskers]

China would infiltrate it and take it over. Then we’d have a nuclear-armed enemy on our border.

[grania]

Thank you for giving me an excellent reason why CA being a separate nation would be a bad idea.

Those who live in CA and are rational, I get it now. We can't just toss you to the wolves.

But that excellent reason? Yeah. China or who knows who else would buy up CA and we'd have all the globe's problems without an ocean of separation.