Originally Posted by
FishingBack
Quoting that email, not that it would ever happen, but the message is correct: A quad-state alliance of TX, OK, AR, and LA would be powerful enough to be a viable country. It would be a lot stronger than many other countries that are "world leaders."
The mix of resources would be about perfect. Timber, livestock, farmland, the gulf, oil and gas, etc are plentiful. The ports. Established industry.
The military bases and NASA are not an asset unless you seize them from the feds in some sort of takeover, which is probably not going to happen even in a secession.
The military capability, however, would be good enough for international viability. It would immediately be capable of surpassing many nations and protected from attacks by anybody but the US.
The universities would be adequate, there's a good mix of public and private schools. Football would be meaningful as there would be enough teams for some good leagues.
Texas
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Baylor
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Arkansas
LSU
La Tech
TCU
Rice
Houston
SMU
UTEP
Tulsa
Tulane
ULL
ULM
Ark St
North Texas
20 FBS teams - make two conferences.
Then add in the many many FCS schools. The southland conference is already 100% in these states.
Now the legal question about the annexation treaty is something I haven't heard about. I was under the impression that we were acquired under the LA purchase.
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