| Sorry, RT. I should have elaborated.
When entities "spinoff," the property that goes with the spinoff has to be accounted for.
Federal lands, parks, forests, buildings, highways, military installations, oil leases, dams and reservoirs and many other items would have to be in the ledger. The Republic of New California doesn't get all this stuff for free, leaving the bill to the original taxpayers in the old USA.
There is a debt. Apportioning it would be a part of any spinoff into sovereignty.That's part of the issue with Hawaii also(this thread). If there is a legitimate claim for hawaiian sovereignty, how to account for the property is probably the issue.
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