An Independent American South Would be World's 6th Largest Country

[Frodo]

Note how Virginia is excluded from this map...

Population Growth and Affordable Cost of Living Accelerate CRE Renaissance in the Southeast:

Moody’s predicts that the demographic shift will intensify over the next few years, with the Southeast realizing the greatest population gains in the nation, notes Wagner.



Patricia Kirk | Jun 13, 2017

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[Tintrlvr]

Also apparently Mississippi is not in the South

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[Unapologetic Chinaperson]

Real Life Lore made this video about a modern independent Confederacy

Some highlights:
- The modern CSA would have 11 times more people than the CSA in 1861.
- The least populated states then, Texas and Florida, would be the most populous states today. 6 out of 10 of the most populous cities would be in Texas alone.

[Hatman 🍁]

climate change will put a stop to this nonsense 

[Blue3]

So would California, just by itself, I think.

Consider how much of it is from federal investment, such as NASA.

Also, if more people move in, the South will become more blue (Atlas-red).

[Mr. Reactionary]

climate change will put a stop to this nonsense 

LOL!

[Karpatsky]

Correction: the states which comprise the American South, evaluated separately, rank 6th on a list of countries. An independent American south would be a banana republic.

[Maverick J-Mac]

It's pretty interesting.  You know we're set up like Rome.

[DIXIECRAT]

Correction: the states which comprise the American South, evaluated separately, rank 6th on a list of countries. An independent American south would be a banana republic.

Well, Italy didn't reach Antebellum South's per capita GDP (including slaves) until the eve of WW2... Even for the first sixty or so years after Civil War, Southern wages might have been second only to Northern ones.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

climate change will put a stop to this nonsense  

^This, but with worry and regret instead of vindictiveness. It's gonna suck to see the sunbelt boom go bust.

I hope that the economic boom in the south gives the rural poor the resources to leave by the time, say, flooding in the Mississippi valley becomes really problematic.

[Kingpoleon]

I just checked. It would be 5.286 trillion dollars, according to Wikipedia, making it bigger than every country besides America, China, and the European Union. This is not including Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia, or Maryland.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I just checked. It would be 5.286 trillion dollars, according to Wikipedia, making it bigger than every country besides America, China, and the European Union. This is not including Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia, or Maryland.

If you count those in?

[Kingpoleon]

I just checked. It would be 5.286 trillion dollars, according to Wikipedia, making it bigger than every country besides America, China, and the European Union. This is not including Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia, or Maryland.

If you count those in?

It wouldn’t change the ranking.

[muon2]

Also apparently Mississippi is not in the South

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That's because the article is about the Southeast, not the Confederate South. The thread subject is a bit misleading, but so is the map given in the article. I suspect the artist charged with providing the graphics didn't carefully read the article.