I was wondering if there are any other nations out there that also recognize the RIGHT to secession like mine does.
In my nation we have this very interesting little concept where you should only really have people in the nation who are willing to follow the laws of the land and WANT to be part of the nation. It is therefore integral to Vivan culture that seceding from the Empire is not something that would usually be refused but instead something that would instead likely be WELCOMED on some level.
You see, Vivan culture holds liberty pretty much above all things so on some grounds we hold secession to not simply be a thing to be fought over, but rather instead a RIGHT. In Vivan society there are these very strong principles, some of them known as ''consent of the governed' and voluntary participation. There is consequently another one called 'the right to revoke consent'. What this means is that instead of fighting any attempt to secede from the Empire, instead we would probably say good riddance. Our mindset is that anybody that doesn't want to follow our nation's laws or be a part of our society is simply not anybody that we would WANT to have in our nation in the first place. Vivan rationale views forcing such people to stay within the borders of the nation as tantamount to keeping hostile foreigners running rampant through our nation.
Let me clarify, we didn't actually SUPPORT the confederates in case you didn't get the joke of the title. We didn't at ALL support the confederate cause in America. But we didn't think the Union was attempting to keep the confederate states in the Union against their will for the right reasons. One idea that circulates through Vivan history is if perhaps the Union could have allowed the confederates to secede, but only on the express condition that they would NOT be taking any slaves with them when they formed their own nation.
If Terravivus was in their place, they might have made it a non negotiable point that any slaves that magnates to flee the south would NOT be returned to their "owners". This is to say because Vivans love liberty and believe in voluntary participation when it comes to living in a society, the Terravivan empire prior to allowing the confederates to secede would probably warn them that upon secession they would be treated as a hostile foreign entity and the Empire would take steps to blockade the south so that the slave trade would be hard pressed to continue on.
Anyways enough of my pointless rambling. By chance I am curious, any other nations recognize the right to secede? Comments are always welcomed of course.
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