This might actually work for those who want it. They can't have the whole country, but they can have part of it to make a nation of their own. Give them Texas.
I've long wanted separate nation status for New England and New York--the Northeast States of America.
It would be a nation for the present USA's intelligent and cultured people.
Joe Sixpack can have Wichita, Oklahoma City, Omaha, and that area.
He can raise plump, cornfed daughters who don't want to be hugged by handsome and educated Italian governors.
He can make sure that they're armed properly for their fundy church services too.