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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (13 children)

It takes about 8 to 12 hours to drive across Texas, which is longer than it takes to cross Germany. France and Germany have different laws, and so do Texas and New Mexico. Once you realise that the USA is essentially 50 different countries stapled together, it makes a lot more sense.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Well that Germany you mentioned happens to be 16 states stapled together

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Alright. So one American state is the size of 16 German ones.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When you compare the size. When you compare the population… it depends.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Texas has a bigger population than Australia. In fact, it would be 51st largest population and 40th largest area in the world if it split off from the USA.

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