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It's my (unsophisticated) understanding that any country/territory in the world could petition US Congress for statehood. The only qualifications are that it be

It's my (unsophisticated) understanding that any country/territory in the world could petition US Congress for statehood. The only qualifications are that it be a republic, and have an explicit constitution (no wishy-washy UK "we sort of have an unwritten constitution"). Any of the Canadian provinces could do this on their own (though, maybe they should consider getting the divorce finalized first), Greenland could do it, hell, Argentina or Mongolia could do it. The catch being, of course, Congress doesn't have to accept.

bpye 2y ago
Could provinces do it? They are not strictly republics - they still each have a lieutenant governor, appointed by the governor general and act as the King’s representative. Passage of legislation still requires royal assent.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 2y ago
  I do not believe that it counts that Canada has a monarch, unless say Alberta has its own private king or something. But I'm conceding that I don't know the answer to this and my first comment's overstated. My bad.
- TMWNN 2y ago
  >Could provinces do it? Yes. The Canadian Supreme Court's Re Secession legalized secession. More info: <https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/tkg5gf/who_has_more_autonomy_canadian_provinces_american/i1s9jgh/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/tkg5gf/who_has...>. >They are not strictly republics - they still each have a lieutenant governor, appointed by the governor general and act as the King’s representative. Passage of legislation still requires royal assent. Nothing prevents former Canadian states from retaining parliamentary systems after annexation. They would still need a governor, either elected or appointed by the federal government, who would fulfill the role the king's representative does now, but that is no different from any former monarchy that, after becoming a republic, now elects a president to serve in that role.

bpye 2y ago

Could provinces do it? They are not strictly republics - they still each have a lieutenant governor, appointed by the governor general and act as the King’s representative. Passage of legislation still requires royal assent.

NoMoreNicksLeft 2y ago
I do not believe that it counts that Canada has a monarch, unless say Alberta has its own private king or something. But I'm conceding that I don't know the answer to this and my first comment's overstated. My bad.
TMWNN 2y ago
>Could provinces do it? Yes. The Canadian Supreme Court's Re Secession legalized secession. More info: <https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/tkg5gf/who_has_more_autonomy_canadian_provinces_american/i1s9jgh/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/tkg5gf/who_has...>. >They are not strictly republics - they still each have a lieutenant governor, appointed by the governor general and act as the King’s representative. Passage of legislation still requires royal assent. Nothing prevents former Canadian states from retaining parliamentary systems after annexation. They would still need a governor, either elected or appointed by the federal government, who would fulfill the role the king's representative does now, but that is no different from any former monarchy that, after becoming a republic, now elects a president to serve in that role.