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					Originally Posted by Manx
					
				 
				From the practical perspective: 
 
The West Coast and the North East are too far apart to be one country, if a seperate country is supposed to be sitting in between. 
 
The rest of the country would die a fast financial death without the West Coast and North East. 
			
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 Halx answered this one already in a post elsewhere:
A tempting thought right now, but impractical.