Avalanche posted:

Ok... ok....

Let's say the US breaks up. What regions get exactly what and what regions can actually stand on their own without any outside imports?
If the entire world decided to shut off all imports to America, it would really really suck and destroy everyone's present standard of living but wouldn't entirely doom the country. We can grow our own food, fish for our own food, and generate/mine resources for our own power (to an extent).

Can the People's Republic of Montana survive on its own? How about Hawaii? Wyoming? Nevada? Rhode Island? Yea, probably not. California's going to own everyone and turn the entire western boarder of Nevada into a Maginot Line of minefields and anti aircraft missile silos (assuming someone doesn't shut off the water first) while charging the rest of the nation $10/gallon for milk.

If a confederation was to come about, you can sure as poo poo be certain that the regions that dominate with food harvesting/production and natural resources are going to extort the ever living gently caress out of other regions since there is no one to stop them from doing so. And that's how wars happen and lots of people die.