[candiodari]

No, it wouldn't. Like most companies, the US "is" what it's people do. That's where the actual value is. From plumbers fixing pipes to soldiers fighting in Africa to carrier groups in the pacific. The buildings and assets inside the US support that, but actually represent zero of the value.

So essentially nothing can be liquidated. There's exceptions, like raw materials (from gold to oil), but not many.

The problem is that the other side, valuing the US as the total value of oil in US soil, plus all other assets, is also bullshit.

You also can't sell it or buy it. For example, the natural resources of North Korea far exceed it's GDP. And yet, if I go to 10 banks, and offer kim 10 times North Korean GDP, could I buy North Korea? No ... they would not sell, nor would North Koreans honor the sale if it was made. So the value of all state organisation ... is zero. But for most countries that is the only thing valuable about them.