Good points. Thank you.
The branding was a last second addition, sounds fun but I get your points.
My group hasn't quite decided about the whole Republic thing...to stay a state or defect en masse as you put it. They seem to be torn on keeping ties and helping the US out but doing things in Texas there own way and not having to get involved in the government split.
My suggestion was to avoid the Republic notion until you have the majority of Texas secure, then break away. If you can claim you "freed Texas" you will have more support for the Republic at that point.
That confusion shows threw in the US citizenship versus Republic lines too I guess, I missed that.
Thank you both for your input.
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