This mostly not how states work Marty.
USA would cede ground to the authoritarians.
They will grow in strength year after year.
Until they get very large.
Very powerful.
Sure, that's how it works in games like Risk or Civ. Real life is a bit different though.
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Real life: Pay taxes, get nuked anyway.
Fund your oppression and eventual annihilation.
Bit too much of a black pill for me but seems directionally correct.