Not usually. The more autonomous a nation(I’ll say for simplicity’s sake) is to operate within a state while benefiting from the state, the less likely it is to want to separate. There are a lot of costs associated with being a state, so the advantages of separation are very small compared to the disadvantages.
Shouldn’t that encourage separatism?
Not usually. The more autonomous a nation(I’ll say for simplicity’s sake) is to operate within a state while benefiting from the state, the less likely it is to want to separate. There are a lot of costs associated with being a state, so the advantages of separation are very small compared to the disadvantages.