In a banana republic, you can "formally" do whatever you want, without internal repercussions. Whether the rest of the world recognizes what you want to do outs

In a banana republic, you can "formally" do whatever you want, without internal repercussions. Whether the rest of the world recognizes what you want to do outside of your borders is a big question. In this particular case, they may as well say that they are annexing Germany.