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Originally Posted by Gort
Frankly if Quebec were to seperate it would give us an opportunity to re-evaluate the free trade agreements we have with "Canada". I hear Canadians complaining about them and I know a lot of Americans now see them as detrimental to our interests.
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The NAFTA or any other agreements made with Canada are also valid for Québéc in any sense. Even if the pretty unrealistic case of independance, Québéc would not be isolated and would not have to replace the last 200 years of Canadian diplomacy, they'de take over a large part of its international duties.
As for the initial question by Matt, Mad Michael already answered anything. nations and states do not need to be the same, in fact very often they differ. There are several nations within a state (like in Belgium), or a nation that transcendes state frontiers (like the Basques between France and Spain).