They'd still have to hold the country, but actually that happened to a city in the next country north, when a William Walker decided to be president of Nicaragu

They'd still have to hold the country, but actually that happened to a city in the next country north, when a William Walker decided to be president of Nicaragua: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster)