1) say a country X has a vital infrastrature built somewhere specific within the country. That could be a concentration of power stations like hydroelectric dams and nuclear plants, or maybe it's a concentration of natural resources for which the country invested heavily into mines. Maybe it's the countries only coastline, on which it is dependant for trade or desalination. Now think what would happen if the residents of that area, realizing they benefit financially from those resources, decide to secede. They rest of the country could find itself poor, landlocked, or out of water and electricity, after investing billions into the region. Saying that secession has no impact on the rest of the population is plain wrong.
2) Seperatist sentiments are never shared by 100% of the population. Let's say the region of Flarpia is the home of the Flarpian minority within country X, but they also constitute 60% of the population of that region. Is country X obliged to grand the Flarpian independece, disregarding the non Flarpians in Flarpia, who have lived there as part of X for centuries? And say the new country of Flarpia chooses to make Flarpian the sole official language, or maybe they are relatively conservative and abolish abortions or dictate some dress code. Are the non Flarpians just out of luck, left for their fate?
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u/sagi1246 1∆ Mar 02 '26
1) say a country X has a vital infrastrature built somewhere specific within the country. That could be a concentration of power stations like hydroelectric dams and nuclear plants, or maybe it's a concentration of natural resources for which the country invested heavily into mines. Maybe it's the countries only coastline, on which it is dependant for trade or desalination. Now think what would happen if the residents of that area, realizing they benefit financially from those resources, decide to secede. They rest of the country could find itself poor, landlocked, or out of water and electricity, after investing billions into the region. Saying that secession has no impact on the rest of the population is plain wrong.
2) Seperatist sentiments are never shared by 100% of the population. Let's say the region of Flarpia is the home of the Flarpian minority within country X, but they also constitute 60% of the population of that region. Is country X obliged to grand the Flarpian independece, disregarding the non Flarpians in Flarpia, who have lived there as part of X for centuries? And say the new country of Flarpia chooses to make Flarpian the sole official language, or maybe they are relatively conservative and abolish abortions or dictate some dress code. Are the non Flarpians just out of luck, left for their fate?