the painless way to secede

In the last post I suggested that a new government could be made, based on a small difference from the old one. This is technically very simple. In Britain, we have several examples of separate nations that only opt-out on a few things. Scotland has had its own legal system for centuries. The Channel Islands are a separate state with different tax rules, and are not part of the European Union. The Isle of Mann has had its own parliament for over a thousand years - since Viking times. Each of these states relies on the English parliament for most things and we live quite happily together. Running a separate government does not have to be difficult.