Countries most likely to unite/split in our lifetime

[notyoueither]

Great! Now to get the hockey camps organised. I think they'll be naturals at swinging sticks and getting the elbows up. Skating they'll have to work on.

[C0ckney]

Originally posted by Big Crunch
As far as foreign rule goes though I don't consider Ireland a nasty overlord, unlike Argentina.

i somehow doubt the average person in NI would agree with you though

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by C0ckney
i somehow doubt the average person in NI would agree with you though

I'd take the Republic any day before an evil monarch

[Dauphin]

How can you call dear old Betty evil?

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Big Crunch
How can you call dear old Betty evil?

You have just called her a dear leader.

That immediately makes her on par with Kim Il Sung

[Dauphin]

I called a dear old >lady<. In fact most old women in the UK are refered to as dear old ladies.

[JimmyCracksCorn]

Originally posted by Brent
Places I'd like to see join the USA: BC, Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Yukon, Kamchatka, Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Karelia.

Back when the USSR split, it was said that Moldova would likely join Romania. It seems like that's changed, am I correct?

Maybe Nunavut will split from Canada in a few hundred years.

Eventually, the capital of the USA will be Independence, Missouri.

Maybe the Samoas will merge.

Since it took so long for all the current Cantons to join, maybe Liechtenstein will become a canton.

Here in Sacramento, it doesn't seem like the state will join Mexico. Hmm, if it does should I move to Utah or become a Mexican?

Barring Norden from joining the USA, it would be cool if the EU becomes one nation on the maps.

Maybe Galicia will join Portugal.

Maybe Fiji will conquer the moon

[JimmyCracksCorn]

California will probably try to join mexico at some point, the other border states may as well. this will be particularly violent.

What incentive could California have to join Mexico?

[Bearcat]

Has anyone considered South Africa? There are still Afrikaners who want to see an independent "volkstaat".

[Kuciwalker]

It is a joke

[Mordoch]

Originally posted by JimmyCracksCorn


What incentive could California have to join Mexico?

I think this comes from a combination of paying attention to a very small minority of Mexican immigrants and nasty stereotyping. While economic reasons may be the primary reason Mexican immigrants come to the US, many of them certainly recognize that the government of the two countries may have something to do with the conditions of the economies, and corruption in Mexico reaches heights that make the US look pristine by comparison. While its one thing to be proud of your herritage, most Mexicans who have been in the US for awhile will definately not be attracted to the idea of being stuck with the Mexican government again.

Second generation Mexican immigrants are going to generally find this idea even less appealing, and I don't see what possible attraction getting annexed by Mexico would have to Asian immigrants.

[Mordoch]

Originally posted by Bearcat
Has anyone considered South Africa? There are still Afrikaners who want to see an independent "volkstaat".

Not remotely plausible. White South Africans were always a small minority, and now they have lost exclusive control of government agencies that allowed them to remain in power, such as the military. A substancial number of While South Africans have also engaged in "white flight" and already emmigrated to another country, making the percentage left even smaller.

[Tripledoc]

Originally posted by Sava
sigh... people still hanging on to the absurd idea of monarchy and divine right?

Actually a constitutional monarchy is the most stable and just form of governance there is.

[Kuciwalker]

[Ben Kenobi]

It is!

Just look at the French. What Republic are we on now?

As for Canada, it's not going to happen. BC and Alberta just want a bigger part in Canada rather than be out of Canada. The folks in Quebec only agree with sovereignty when they think it means they can keep Canadian passports.