What if Britain became a US state

Discuss the implications of this.

Also, would it be allowed to enter the union as one state or would it be split into four?

As an aside: What if Taiwan became a US state? Discuss the implications of that.

As for part 2: China and the US would probably be in a fight since they still technically claim ownership of taiwan (although they dont really govern it).

What if IRAQ was made a state?

And what if Al Sharpton walked right by a doughnut without drooling? Or George Bush decided to actually govern rather than play politics? Or the Pope became a scientologist? Or Diacanu became the biggest selling porn star ever after sex reassignment surgery?

What if, huh?

Iraq as the 51st State?

The purge of Iraqi officials from office for corruption would necessitate the building of much prison space as the number of people in jail for political corruption quickly exceeded the number of people in jail for drug offenses.

What if you put a gun in your mouth and fired a few times?

Would grey goo fly out the other side.

Also what would the implications be if everyone just pointed and laughed?

Would have to officially rename ourselves as an empire? Sure, Hawaii and Alaska are physically separated from the CONUS, but the whole Bristish Isles is ... Hm, maybe not so different.

Yeah, make it four states. Or is it five?

Leave out ireland.

Assume of course that all join of their own volition. I.e. the UK for some reason votes to become a state, Taiwan for some reason votes to become a state, and the US is receptive in both cases.

A United States of the Americas is much more plausable than any kind of overseas empire. It is a long way off, but I fully expect to see NAFTA evolve into first a true economic union, and then political union within my lifetime.

Then depending on how well we adjust to that, the rest or majority of Latin America within the next 100 years.

Nuclear winter by 2065, but we ought to get a new political party out of it so it wouldn't be all bad.

Keep Wales to yourselves.

Well, of course we'd only take the English speaking British. Damned Welsh make ebonics sound like the Queen's English.

The answer, of course, is that Starbucks would build another thousand shops, and McDonalds would add poorly made bangers and mash to their breakfast menu.

Actually, now that I think of it, go ahead and give us the Welsh, the Ulster Irish and the Scots Highlanders.

We'll post the Highlanders on the southwest U.S. border and let them deal with illegals, we'll send the Ulstermen to California and we'll deploy the Welsh south to confuse Mexico into submission.

What if that thing that crawled up Liet's ass and died came back to life and crawled out?

It would still look like you on a good day.

Even disregarding issues of national pride and the simple question of why, this won't happen in the forseeable future simply because of the politics involved.

You would never get the UK joining the US as one state, because that would diminish the value of its voters far too much. At the same time you wouldn't get it admitted as four states because that would swing the political balance in the US further towards the left wing (by American standards).

Also, while they are both democracies, there are some major differences between the US system and a parliamentary democracy, and most people in the UK (or Australia or indeed any country with a parliamentary democracy) don't want a presidential style system where more power is centred on one person with less opportunity to debate and question them.

Now, you can still say it's just a hypothetical question, but since there would need to be some many changes both in popular opinion and the political climate for it to happen we can't make any meaningful predictions.

Tell me how you feel through rep.

I can. England would vacillate, Scotland would fight it, Ireland would get drunk and then fight it (and lose) and Wales... well, nobody much cares what Wales would do about it.

We almost came to war with China over Taiwan a number of years ago when they were voting for independence.

Don't see this happening in a zillion years.

Considering that how rich California is compared to such red state paradises like, say, Nebraska or Oklahoma, y'ever think we might be doing something right?

I don't see why Britain couldn't keep Parliament and the PM as the equivalent of a state legislature and Governor.

The Queen - hell, Americans love the royals more than the Brits do, so I'm sure something could be worked out there.

Be the ultimate in irony, though.

C'mon...it would be fun!

We can even sell Florida to Cuba to pay the closing costs!

Will you get another hobby, you boring cunt.

How d'you get two whales in a mini?

Across the Severn bridge and you're almost there.

What does it mean to "comment"? Do you agree...disagree?

Paying homage to yourself, eh?

Please, please, get yourself help. I'm sure Mewa knows some hefty women who will gladly sit on you. Ask him nicely. Please. For all of ours sakes.