As a Californian I feel a strange affinity for Texans as the only bunch of people besides us crazy enough to have aspirations to be a separate republic. The two places are more similar than people think.
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Agreed would be cool as hell. Also of these three states Hawaii and Texas had much stronger claims to independence—calis was a bit of a joke
Cali's claim would have to be based on sheer power rather than history and culture.