[joshuaissac]

> They get protection by the US military and promotion of Californian business interests throughout the world through Federal institutions. Not to mention: friction free access to a large labor pool and US domestic market etc.

And Washingtonians do not? What you wrote does not address the question that the parent poster asked.

[pm90]

The Washingtonians part was added by the OP after I made my comment. Originally it was a comparison of CA with European states only.