What would happen if instead of having one United States of America, we have 50 different countries?!?
540791
that's a good question, it almost became that way back in the beginning, I thought about this one for a bit and came up with this scenario; After the revolution the thirteen colonies would have made huge land grabs in their own interests,Everything east of the Mississippi would belong to the original thirteen with Georgia being the largest( the colony of Georgia would have taken almost all of the deep south just by the fact of her location alone) West of the Mississippi would be 4 or 5 large countries with Texas and California being the largest,The early 1800's would have been near constant warfare as countries fought over who would be the big dog. Spain and France would be easily tossed out with Georgia, Carolina, and Virginia taking the bulk of their land, The smaller northern colonies would form some sort of confederation to control a British presence in Canada,      Today we would probably look something like this; There would be probably a dozen different countries in North America today, each with a form of government similar to what we have now, some more conservative, some more liberal, a NATO type of confederation would exist for mutual defense and economic needs. I could see Texas, California and Georgia being three of the worlds top economic and military powers , as for what the world would look like, that's anyone's guess
1023471
Let's NOT assume there's going to be a world government, get RID of that idea...other countries need to work a lot harder at solving their own problems instead of trying to vote themselves into the United States or whatever...
1068599
Go to http://www.worldsoccershop.com/\nall 32 nations are available in this site.
323324
America rules! All countries wouldn't be jack without us. Every country in Europe would be speaking German. Australians would be speaking Japanese. Either join us or prepare to get bombed as well.
43032
Because that would be costly, chaotic and just one big problem!  There are too many religions, cultures, etc...If all of these people were forced to live in one country, war would be inevitable and a lot of lives would be lost.  As long as people are different, there can not be world peace.  Sad, but true.
727507
We would all be as dumb as Americans.
1140892
No, you will not see a state secede.  I also believe you'll never see the US go beyond 50 states.  We've actually now been under the same flag in terms of stars longer than in any other time in our history (47 years).
556175
No, revolutions only bring mayhem and ruin. How about getting rid of Mexico by uniting it with Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and (just for the hell of it) Arizona. It could be called Mexsaldurna! New Mexico could just be Mexico. While we're at it, why not divide North Dakota into Northern Dakota, Northernmost Dakota and The Useless Patch of Land between Northernmost Dakota and Canada. And get rid of upper Michigan. Give it to Canada so we could take that New Brunswick. Next, divide the Carolinas into 23 states, each named Carolina, with minor spelling changes. Also, while I have your attention, we should erase Rhode Island. I don't mean annex it to Massachusetts, I mean erase it. Take a pencil to it, and make a big white space with nothing in it. And do something about Colorado and Wyoming! They look exactly alike in maps, and a square is such a boring shape. Make Wyoming into a triangle, and Colorado into a complex myriagon. Then unify Kansas and Nebraska to form Kanraska, and only let stupid white corn-huskers live there. And, if I could venture out of America for a sec, lets do away with all of these Soviet countries. There are fifteen, but their all so useless, why not make them into four? Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan? Who needs em? Moldova? Make that, new Romania! Now... what were we talking about?
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42 other countries from all around the world.
731621
Hopefully at that point some US states will break away.  If not, i would suggest a less socialist country.  Maybe one with very few people.  The more people there are, the more government becomes oppressive and paternalistic.  New Zealand might be a good option.  But they may take immigration seriously.  And then we're screwed.
330681
The world would be a much better place. The US would no longer have those selfcentred presidents, they would speak correctly and we may even get them to write correctly. In fact the US should probably be allowed to vote to rejoin the United Kingdom. They just love the royal family and they all want to come and see the UK.\nBut we need to sort out the taxes before we allowed them back.
1020318
because the usa is too big to be run as one single country. look at it you have 50 country sized areas all run by the same 1 person. im not trying to p*** people off just being honest. i think that the people would be happier if each state was turned into sepearte countries and run by their own presidents. this way more people would be happy and the minorities would have more of a say as they % of each would be closer to equal.\n\nwhat the hell is the guy above me talking about he posted his answer 2 hours before me so how can he aim any thing at me \nwhat an idiot
537776
I strongly doubt there will ever be a United States of Europe. First, consider the language barrier, different government styles (parliamentary, monarchy etc), different international associations and military traditions. Secondly, the recent enlargement is likely to have a domino effect of making agreement among member states increasingly difficult, leading to indecision and political stagnation. Last but not least, the continuing debate about allowing Turkey to join the EU will undoubtedly be the demise of this intergovernmental institution.
927624
One pitfall would be OVER POPULATION by the wrong kind of people!\n\nAmericas Standard of living would be drastically lowered.\n\nAmericas Quality of life would suffer.\n\nAmericas children wouldn't have a future!
769050
janey, sweatheart,,,relax, you are not far off a good idea chuckles\n Do you know that the soon to be "united states of europe "Has captured the wallets and minds of 26 countries now i think if america britain australia new zealand canada and anybody els who would join us could have an economic organisation like europe union and it would stop their advance, they are gaining ground all over all they do is buy politicions loyalties with great cash awards. america and britain need to gain ground.
9878
193 Countries in the world.  There are colonies and territories that may be incorrectly noted as countries, but they are not independent intities. \n\nRead more at the link below.
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I think 45 continental states\n2 non-continental (HW, Alaska)\n3 commonwealths\n\nand various US properties like Puerto Rico and Guam\ncould be wrong on the commonwealth number